Definition, Meaning & Anagrams | English word MONSTERA

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Definitions of MONSTERA

1. (botany) Any of the plants of the genus Monstera, known for their holey leaves.

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Examples of Using MONSTERA in a Sentence

• Other plants with the same nickname include certain species of related aroids possessing large, heart-shaped leaves, usually within such genera as Alocasia, Caladium, Monstera, Philodendron, Syngonium, Thaumatophyllum, and Xanthosoma.
• Within the aroid family—which contains other iconic genera such as Alocasia, Monstera and Philodendron—Dieffenbachia seguine and its relatives, interestingly, do not grow as a vine or from a tuber, instead growing vertically into a "bamboo"- or "cane"-like shrub (hence the common name dumbcane).
• The plantings also include camellias, tree ferns, creeping fig, yaupon and dahoon holly, Asiatic jasmine, Justicia, crinum and spider lily, monstera, wax myrtle, date and sabal palm, papyrus, philodendron, blue plumbago, and horsetail rush.
• Skototropism, an orientation movement towards a well-defined dark area, has been observed in Monstera tenuis and other genera and is an adaptation in juvenile plants for seeking a suitable host tree, following germination on the forest floor.
• This adaptation is evident in many other plant species, especially in the family Araceae, including Monstera dubia, some species of Epipremnum, Rhaphidophora hayi, R.
• In the forest understorey is found a number of common houseplants such as Epipremnum aureum, Monstera and Dieffenbachia.
• This trait is found in only one species in Aponogetonaceae, Aponogeton madagascariensis (Madagascar laceleaf), and a few genera in Araceae, particularly Monstera.
• Trichosclereids are a type of sclereids that can be found in olive leaves and the aerial roots of the Swiss cheese plant (Monstera deliciosa).
• The larvae have been recorded feeding on Aglaonema, Alocasia, Dieffenbachia, Syngonium and Monstera deliciosa.
• Numerous epiphytic lianas (vines and crawlers) belonging to the family Araceae use these trees for support systems (such as Anthurium, Monstera and Philodendron).
• dubia is known for the dramatic transformation its foliage makes as it climbs from seed stage on the forest floor, to shingling closely up a host tree trunk or other surface, until mature leaves with fenestrations similar to Monstera deliciosa appear.

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