heliconia
See also: Heliconia
English
Etymology
From the genus name.
Noun
heliconia (plural heliconias)
- Any of genus Heliconia of flowering plants.
- 2008 January 3, Anne Raver, “No Need to Fly South to See Blossoms in Winter”, in New York Times:
- Royal palms flank a long rectangular pool, a great fallen tree forms a bridge across the water, and heliconias bloom among the elephant ears and banana shrubs.
-