golden pothos
noun
plural golden pothos
: pothos
Golden pothos is an easy-to-grow houseplant that thrives under neglect. When its trailing limbs become long enough, they can be cut off and set in a jar of water where new roots will form to soon become a new plant to give away.—
John Degroot
John DegrootSpruce up that filing cabinet or shelf with something petite that trails, such as the golden pothos. … It's also super hardy and if you give it a few hours of sunlight, its leaves will become more variegated with streaks of colour.—Hannah Stephenson
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In Kate Damich’s Jackson, Mich., bath, the artist and interior designer layered privy-practical plants: a fiddle leaf fig on the floor, schefflera on the bath shelf and a golden pothos on a plant stand.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, WSJ, 8 Feb. 2022
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Yelena Moroz Alpert, WSJ, 8 Feb. 2022
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“Golden pothos.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/golden%20pothos. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.
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