mother-in-law plant mother-in-law • mother-in-law's tongue · · · Info · Definitions · Synonyms · Characters · · mother-in-law plant · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 19 · · Length 5 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (noun) an evergreen plant with large showy dark green leaves; contains a poison that swells the tongue and throat hence the name. Synonyms: dumb cane, mother-in-law plant, mother-in-law's tongue, Dieffenbachia sequine. · · Noun Definition 1 Synonyms · · · dumb cane · · Synonym 1 mother-in-law's tongue · · Synonym 2 dieffenbachia sequine · · Synonym 3 Characters · · space U+0020 - hyphen-minus U+002D a latin small letter a U+0061 e latin small letter e U+0065 h latin small letter h U+0068 i latin small letter i U+0069 l latin small letter l U+006C m latin small letter m U+006D n latin small letter n U+006E o latin small letter o U+006F p latin small letter p U+0070 r latin small letter r U+0072 t latin small letter t U+0074 w latin small letter w U+0077