pothos /ˈpoʊθoʊs/ noun2 •Any vine of species Epipremnum aureum, widely cultivated as a houseplant, once classified in the genus Pothos.Vines of golden pothos climb the steel support beams. — 2009 •Any plant in the genus Pothos; a genus of plants consisting of subtropical and tropical, climbing, flowering vines, indigenous to the environs of the Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean. formspothoses