youth-on-age

noun

Etymology

From the way young plantlets sprout from the middle of older leaves.

Definitions

  1. A perennial plant native to North America and widely planted as an ornamental

    A perennial plant native to North America and widely planted as an ornamental: Tolmiea menziesii

    • Sometimes flowers of youth-on-age are white streaked with green instead of greenish streaked with purple.

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