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: any of various woody vines constituting the genus Scindapsus and often cultivated as ornamentals for their glossy often slotted and variegated foliage ; especially : a much-branched tall climber ( S. aureus ) native to the Solomon islands that has large leathery cordate leaves spotted and lined with golden yellow and that climbs by aerial rootlets arising from the nodes — called also Ceylon creeper