anthurium

an·thur·i·um  (n-thr-m)

n.

Any of various evergreen tropical American plants of the genus Anthurium, grown as ornamentals for their attractive leaves and their showy, often red spathes.

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[New Latin Anthrium, genus name : anth(o)- + Greek our, tail; see ors- in Indo-European roots.]

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anthurium [ænˈθjʊərɪəm]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of various tropical American aroid plants constituting the genus Anthurium, many of which are cultivated as house plants for their showy foliage and their flowers, which are borne in a long-stalked spike surrounded by a flaring heart-shaped white or red bract

[New Latin, from antho- + Greek oura a tail]

Thesaurus

Noun

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anthurium - any of various tropical American plants cultivated for their showy foliage and flowers tail-flower, tailflower genus Anthurium - large genus of often epiphytic evergreen tropical American plants often cultivated as houseplants Anthurium andraeanum, Anthurium scherzerianum, flamingo flower, flamingo plant - commonly cultivated anthurium having bright scarlet spathe and spadix houseplant - any of a variety of plants grown indoors for decorative purposes