HELICONIA


Meaning of HELICONIA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌhe-lə-ˈkō-nē-ə, -nyə ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin, ultimately from Greek Helikōnios, from Helikōn Helicon, mountain in Greece

Date: 1838

: any of a genus ( Heliconia of the family Heliconiaceae) of perennial herbs of tropical America and islands of the western Pacific having showy brightly colored bracts and large leaves

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