SINCE 1828
centipede plant
nounDefinition of centipede plant
: an erect shrub (Homalocladium platycladum) of the islands of the Pacific with flat ribbonlike jointed stems and with leaves only on the young branches
— called also
ribbon bush, tapeworm plant
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