aspidistra

• The vicar may have had a morbid fancy for something else—a passion d la Plato for an aspidistra, or a strange, covetous longing for a cactus. —  Busman’s Honeymoon
• Meanwhile, why is widowed Norah living in a dog kennel, who has stolen the aspidistra, and will Jess's innocent colleague, Nick, really be sent to prison for conspiring to make a false passport?
• Every night I used to hide my pipe behind the coal-scuttle or my latchkey in the aspidistra, just for her to find. —  Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-01-14
• Anne Clinkscales demonstrated glycerin preservation of magnolia and aspidistra. —  Anderson Independent Mail Stories
• _Aspidistra_ -- The aspidistra is the toughest of all foliage plants -- if not of all house plants. —  Gardening Indoors and Under Glass A Practical Guide to the Planting, Care and Propagation of House Plants, and to the Construction and Management of Hotbed, Coldframe and Small Greenhouse

Used in the Same Context