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Word: executivus (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Plant Parenthood. Who cares? Scores of thousands of plant owners, from corporation chieftains with status-symbol Ficus executivus (vicepresidential fig) trees in their offices to the apartment dweller with a $30 Dracaena massangeana (dracaena). As a result, plant doctors (many with degrees in horticulture or agriculture) are as much in demand as pet vets. Drs. Greenthumbs charge an average $15 a housecall, $10 or so a day for plant sitting and as much as $50 to potty train a specimen needing more root space. Boston's Plant Parenthood even offers a vegetative version of Blue Cross-Blue Shield...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Dr. Greenthumb | 3/11/1974 | See Source »

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