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aspidistra The fireplace itself, the bars across the grate, the kettle on the coals, the bellows hanging at the side, the brass shovel on the curb, the mirrored over-mantel, the mat, the table swathed in plush, the aspidistra on the wall-bracket—all these I had seen many times in my own house, or Grandpa Sobey’s, or Grandma Nicholson’s or Uncle Jim’s.

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n. A type of houseplant with broad, tapering leaves. The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes, Jonathan RoseImage: CC 2.5, Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aspidistra_elatior_-_01.jpg

Word	aspidistra
Definition	n. A type of houseplant with broad, tapering leaves.
Sentence	The fireplace itself, the bars across the grate, the kettle on the coals, the bellows hanging at the side, the brass shovel on the curb, the mirrored over-mantel, the mat, the table swathed in plush, the aspidistra on the wall-bracket—all these I had seen many times in my own house, or Grandpa Sobey’s, or Grandma Nicholson’s or Uncle Jim’s.
Source	The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes, Jonathan Rose Image: CC 2.5, Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aspidistra_elatior_-_01.jpg

Aspidistra N Type Houseplant Broad Tapering Leaves Fireplace