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heliconian

UK/ˌhɛlɪˈkəʊ.ni.ən/US/ˌhɛlɪˈkoʊ.ni.ən/

heliconian noun: any plant of the genus Heliconia, called lobster claws, toucan beaks, wild plantain, or false birds of paradise.

Noun

heliconian (plural heliconians)

  1. Any plant of the genus Heliconia, called lobster claws, toucan beaks, wild plantain, or false birds of paradise.
  2. Any butterfly of the genus Heliconius, family Nymphalidae, native to the American tropics and subtropics.
    Synonyms:
    longwing

Adjective capitalized: Heliconian

Heliconian (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to Helicon.
    • Heliconian honey in living words1868, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Lucretius

Synonyms of heliconian

Forms of heliconian

pluralheliconians

Origin of heliconian

Latin Heliconius

Words that rhyme with heliconian

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Questions about heliconian

What does heliconian mean?
Heliconian means any plant of the genus Heliconia, called lobster claws, toucan beaks, wild plantain, or false birds of paradise.
What part of speech is heliconian?
Heliconian can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce heliconian?
Heliconian is pronounced /ˌhɛlɪˈkəʊ.ni.ən/ (UK).
What is the plural of heliconian?
The plural of heliconian is heliconians.

Words near heliconian in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: heliconian (page history and authors); Heliconian (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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