See also: Heliconia

English edit

Etymology edit

From the genus name.

Noun edit

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.