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heliconia

UK/ˌhɛlɪˈkəʊ.ni.ə/US/ˌhɛlɪˈkoʊ.ni.ə/

heliconia noun: any of the genus Heliconia of flowering plants.

Noun

heliconia (plural heliconias)

  1. Any of the genus Heliconia of flowering plants.
    • 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.2008 January 3, Anne Raver, “No Need to Fly South to See Blossoms in Winter”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Apr 2023

Forms of heliconia

pluralheliconias

Origin of heliconia

Learned borrowing from taxonomic name Heliconia.

Words that rhyme with heliconia

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Questions about heliconia

What does heliconia mean?
Heliconia means any of the genus Heliconia of flowering plants.
What part of speech is heliconia?
Heliconia is a noun.
How do you pronounce heliconia?
Heliconia is pronounced /ˌhɛlɪˈkəʊ.ni.ə/ (UK).
What is the plural of heliconia?
The plural of heliconia is heliconias.

Words near heliconia in the dictionary

  1. helicoidally
  2. helicoidization
  3. helicoidly
  4. helicoids
  5. helicon
  6. heliconia
  7. heliconiaceous
  8. heliconian
  9. heliconians
  10. heliconias
  11. heliconical

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