A flowering plant native to Central and South America and widely cultivated as a house plant, Syngonium podophyllum (family Araceae), having variegated arrowhead-shaped leaves and a greenish-white spadix.
Origin
1940s; earliest use found in Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Gazette.
Definition of arrowhead vine in US English:
arrowhead vine
noun
A flowering plant native to Central and South America and widely cultivated as a house plant, Syngonium podophyllum (family Araceae), having variegated arrowhead-shaped leaves and a greenish-white spadix.
Origin
1940s; earliest use found in Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Gazette.