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An aspidistra is a tough indoor plant with long, broad, pointed green leaves that rise from the soil. English speakers, especially older British ones, kept it in dim hallways and sitting rooms because it is hard to kill — people also call it the cast-iron plant, though that nickname is friendlier than aspidistra, which sounds a bit Victorian and stiff. You still see the plant; you do not hear the word much in young people’s English, unless someone is being old-fashioned on purpose, or talking about a certain kind of respectable, slightly gloomy home. It is just the plant. It is not a flower you cut, and it is not a tree.
蜘蛛抱蛋（一種耐陰的室內葉植物）
組成Coined in 1822 as a plant name: Greek aspís, “shield,” blended with Tupistra, a sister plant. The leaves are broad like little shields.
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
aspidistranoun
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Any of several Asian plants of the genus Aspidistra, having large leaves and small bell-shaped flowers; widely cultivated as a houseplant.
- 'Thank God they're not gentel aboutit.' 'Some of them are,' said Leiter. 'Tea-cups, aspidistras and tut-tutting all over the place.'
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。