"Chinese evergreen" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Chinese evergreens [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Chinese evergreen (plural Chinese evergreens)
  1. Any of various plants of the genus Aglaonema. Categories (place): China Categories (lifeform): Arum family plants Translations (plant of the genus Aglaonema): 粗肋草 (cūlēcǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), laikkuvehka (Finnish), aglaonema [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-Chinese_evergreen-en-noun-rmPfzw0i Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with non-redundant manual transliterations

Inflected forms

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