A large monstera with perforated leaves (supposedly resembling the holes in a Swiss cheese), popularly grown as a houseplant while young, and with creamy spathes followed by pineapple-flavoured fruit when mature.
龟背竹，蓬莱蕉
Monstera deliciosa, family Araceae
Example sentencesExamples
I got a tiny offshoot of what might be a swiss cheese plant.
Popular plants such as weeping figs and the Swiss cheese plant are ideal.
I bought a swiss cheese plant from a local nursery about a year ago.
Definition of Swiss cheese plant in US English:
Swiss cheese plant
noun
A large monstera with perforated leaves (supposedly resembling the holes in a Swiss cheese), popularly grown as a house plant while young.
龟背竹，蓬莱蕉
Monstera deliciosa, family Araceae
Example sentencesExamples
Popular plants such as weeping figs and the Swiss cheese plant are ideal.
I got a tiny offshoot of what might be a swiss cheese plant.
I bought a swiss cheese plant from a local nursery about a year ago.