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Heliconia
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Hel`i`co´ni`a
n.1.(Zool.) One of numerous species of Heliconius, a genus of tropical American butterflies. The wings are usually black, marked with green, crimson, and white.


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Kress can think of only a few other green-flowered Heliconias, all pollinated by bats.
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I also have a few heliconias in my yard and they are just beautiful.
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Among the more unusual plants that Hammer grows are the tropical Heliconias, those members of the banana family with the dazzling, pendulous bracts having all the brilliant colors of a parrot's plumage.
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