"youth-on-age" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Etymology: From the way young plantlets sprout from the middle of older leaves. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} youth-on-age (uncountable)
  1. A perennial plant native to North America and widely planted as an ornamental: Tolmiea menziesii Tags: uncountable Categories (lifeform): Saxifragales order plants Synonyms (Tolmiea menziesii): hedge nettle, piggyback plant, thousand mothers

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