"pothos" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /pʰoʊ.θoʊs/ Forms: pothoses [plural]
Etymology: From translingual Pothos, the genus name. The similarity to Ancient Greek Πόθος (Póthos), the name of one of Aphrodite's erotes who was said to carry a vine (from πόθος (póthos, “yearning, desire”)) is noted; however, other references give the origin as Sinhalese පෝටා වැල් (pōṭā wæl). Etymology templates: {{der|en|mul|Pothos}} translingual Pothos, {{der|en|grc|Πόθος}} Ancient Greek Πόθος (Póthos), {{m|grc|πόθος||yearning, desire}} πόθος (póthos, “yearning, desire”), {{der|en|si|පෝටා වැල්}} Sinhalese පෝටා වැල් (pōṭā wæl) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} pothos (countable and uncountable, plural pothoses)
  1. Epipremnum aureum, a vine widely cultivated as a houseplant, once classified in the genus Pothos. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-pothos-en-noun-98~llGZ6
  2. (uncountable, botany) Pothos, a genus of plants consisting of subtropical and tropical, climbing, flowering vines, indigenous to the environs of the Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Botany Categories (lifeform): Arum family plants
    Sense id: en-pothos-en-noun-ayqNW0kJ Disambiguation of Arum family plants: 14 86 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 94 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 15 85 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: golden pothos

Inflected forms

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