Definition of Caladium bicolor

1. Noun. Most popular caladium; cultivated in many varieties since the late 19th century.

Generic synonyms: Caladium

Lexicographical Neighbors of Caladium Bicolor

Cajuns
Cakchiquel
Cakile
Cakile maritima
Cal
Cal-Mex
Cal.
CalTech
Cal Tech
Calabar bean
Calabar swelling
Calabria
Calabrian
Calabrians
Caladenia cairnsiana
Caladium bicolor (current term)
Calais
Calamagrostic quadriseta
Calamagrostis
Calamagrostis acutiflora
Calamintha
Calamintha grandiflora
Calamintha nepeta
Calamintha nepeta glantulosa
Calamintha sylvatica
Calamity Jane
Calamus australis
Calamus penna
Calamus rotang
Calan

Literary usage of Caladium bicolor

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-garden Displayed by John Sims (1825)
"( ) Caladium bicolor. TWO-COLOURED CALADIUM. Class and Order. ... CALADIUM bicolor ; acaule, foliis ..."

2. Gardeners Chronicle, the Horticultural Trade Journal (1897)
"In the Botanic Gardons so much is this the case, that in many corners, on the lawns and in various other place*, plants of Caladium bicolor can be seen ..."

3. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"The soil for this potting should be principally leaf-mold, with a little sand. In a short 732. Caladium bicolor var. ..."

4. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"Caladium bicolor.— C. odora. Brongn.—Alocasia odora. Koch. Tree-like, the stem or candex 3-6 ft. and 6 in. in diam.; Ivs. green, cordate, stalked, ..."

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