piggyback plant

English

a piggyback plant with a new plantlet

Noun

piggyback plant (plural piggyback plants)

1. A plant native to moist forests near the coast of northwestern North America, Tolmiea menziesii, grown as an ornamental groundcover or container plant for its attractive green foliage with plantlets growing from the bases of the leaves.

Synonyms

• youth-on-age
• thousand mothers