- triffid
- Noun. Any large or sprawling plant, usually a house plant. From The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham.
English slang and colloquialisms. 2014.
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triffid — noun (in science fiction) a large predatory plant which is able to move about and has a poisonous sting. Origin coined by John Wyndham in Day of the Triffids (1951) … English new terms dictionary
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