a large tropical American climbing plant of the arum family, which typically has divided or perforated leaves and corky aerial roots. Several kinds are cultivated as indoor plants when young 龟背竹属植物
Genus Monstera, family Araceae: several species, including the Swiss cheese plant 龟背竹属,天南星科: 数种,包括龟背竹
语源
modern Latin, perhaps from Latin monstrum 'monster' (because of the unusual appearance of the leaves in some species)