Maybe it would be better to put an aspidistra on it and call it a feature. From LearnThat.org. [yourdictionary.com]
She pointed at the wall behind an enormous plastic aspidistra. From Wordnik.com. [To Say Nothing of the Dog]
“The fronds of the aspidistra only partly concealed the commercial traveller —”. From Wordnik.com. [A Haunted House, and other short stories] Reference
Lord Peter walked across to the aspidistra in the bow-window and stroked its leaves thoughtfully. From Wordnik.com. [Unnatural Death]
But even a potted aspidistra or two can make difference by oxygenating your workspace, whether you work at home or not. From Wordnik.com. [Green Your Home Office | Lifehacker Australia] Reference
They sat around the dining room table in the living room that now had a neat white tablecloth with a potted aspidistra on it. From Wordnik.com. [Noble House]
He reeks with emetic language that can only make grown men long for a quiet corner, an aspidistra, a handkerchief, and the old heave-ho. From Wordnik.com. [Liberace…King of Glitter’s Museum sight-seer attraction in Vegas! « Julian Ayrs & Pop Culture] Reference
He lifted his head and she knew his gaze was fixed not on the shiny leaves of the aspidistra twining around the miniature trellis, but on a moonlit beach. From Wordnik.com. [Once An Angel]
Every now and again he would say he had business to attend to and everyone would know that he was coming back with a writing-desk or an aspidistra-stand from Portobello Road. From Wordnik.com. [Funeral In Berlin]
Anne Clinkscales demonstrated glycerin preservation of magnolia and aspidistra. From Wordnik.com. [Anderson Independent Mail Stories] Reference
‘Peter, my poor, long-suffering, heroic lamb — pour it into the aspidistra.’. From Wordnik.com. [Busman's Honeymoon]
Only the aspidistra seemed immune to its ill effects, which accounts for its presence in nearly every Victorian parlour photograph. From Wordnik.com. [Life and style | guardian.co.uk] Reference
HEAVY PLANT CROSSING must surely mean ` the biggest aspidistra in the world 'while FARM CROSSING recalls the sad pre-war dust bowl joke of the American prairie. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XVII No 4] Reference
Dinah fixed her gaze on this group, on Blandish, on the floor, anywhere but on the top of the piano jutting above the footlights and topped with pots of aspidistra. From Wordnik.com. [Overture to Death]
All the plant material in the bouquet will be hothouse-grown and two of the components - the hypericum berries and aspidistra leaves - are being imported from Ecuador. From Wordnik.com. [canada.com Top Stories] Reference
They feature five green spider mums grown in British Columbia in the center, surrounded by layers of monkey grass, aspidistra leaves and hypericum berries imported from Ecuador. From Wordnik.com. [ShoppingBlog.com] Reference
Mr Puffett, who all this time had remained discreetly withdrawn and was, at the moment, assisting Crutchley to sponge the aspidistra leaves, looked up, and joined in the melody with a powerful roar. From Wordnik.com. [Busman's Honeymoon]
There was no greater pleasure than to set themselves to achieve some magnificent object -- as, for instance, to buy a china flower-pot, which could stand on the window-sill and contain an aspidistra. From Wordnik.com. [Pelle the Conqueror — Volume 03] Reference
However, the bouquet that was eventually approved by Vanoc's design panel will contain green spider chrysanthemums, green hypericum berries and green aspidistra leaves - but no flowers that are native to B.C. From Wordnik.com. [canada.com Top Stories] Reference
But I’ve got an aspidistra flying in a window box.”. From Wordnik.com. [Dancing in the Dark]
"This first tall, rather stiff-looking plant is called an aspidistra. From Wordnik.com. [The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.] Reference
"Dear Sir, -- I regret to inform you that the aspidistra has perished. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, May 16, 1917] Reference
At least he’d be spared having to tip his glass into a convenient aspidistra. From Wordnik.com. [Mourn Not Your Dead] Reference
You blasphemed the aspidistra and something awful has come down that chimney!’. From Wordnik.com. [Busman's Honeymoon]
Keep the aspidistra flying. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
Keep the aspidistra flying, man. From Wordnik.com. [In The Ghetto] Reference
Never blaspheme the aspidistra. From Wordnik.com. [Busman's Honeymoon]
What is home without an aspidistra?. From Wordnik.com. [A College Girl] Reference
How about an aspidistra or a sanseveria. From Wordnik.com. [Apartment Therapy Main] Reference
Porthos, ficus, aspidistra all good. From Wordnik.com. [Popular Posts Across MetaFilter] Reference
Asparagus Sprengeri, aspen, asperula, aspidistra, asters, native. From Wordnik.com. [Manual of Gardening (Second Edition)] Reference
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