heliconia

See also: Heliconia

English

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Heliconia.

Noun

heliconia (plural heliconias)

1. Any of the genus Heliconia of flowering plants.
   • 2008 January 3, Anne Raver, “No Need to Fly South to See Blossoms in Winter”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     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.

Translations

Heliconia genus plant

• Chinese:
  • Mandarin: 赫蕉 (hèjiāo)