aspidistra• By the twenties, lacecurtains and an aspidistra in the window were bad omens.• This was quite high, about four feet from the floor with a very widesill on which rested Mum's aspidistra.• A singleaspidistragleamed in one corner in a lime-green ceramic pot.
Originaspidistra
(1800-1900)Modern LatinGreekaspis“shield”; from the shape of the leaves