mother-in-law plant

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mother-in-law plant - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  mother-in-law plant
      n 1: an evergreen plant with large showy dark green leaves;
           contains a poison that swells the tongue and throat hence
           the name [syn: dumb cane, mother-in-law plant, mother- in-law's tongue
           , Dieffenbachia sequine]