Definition of Anthurium

1. Noun. Any of various tropical American plants cultivated for their showy foliage and flowers.

Exact synonyms: Tail-flower, Tailflower
Group relationships: Genus Anthurium
Specialized synonyms: Anthurium Andraeanum, Anthurium Scherzerianum, Flamingo Flower, Flamingo Plant
Generic synonyms: Houseplant

Definition of Anthurium

1. Noun. Any of several tropical American evergreen plants, of the genus ''Anthurium'', grown for their ornamental leaves and spathes ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Anthurium

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Anthurium

anthroposcopy
anthroposemiotic
anthroposemiotics
anthroposomatology
anthroposophic
anthroposophies
anthroposophy
anthroposphere
anthropospheres
anthropotomical
anthropotomist
anthropotomists
anthropotomy
anthropozoonosis
anthryl
anthurium (current term)
anthuriums
anthypnotic
anthypnotics
anthypophora
anti
anti-
anti-American
anti-Americanism
anti-Canadianism
anti-Catholicism
anti-Christian
anti-DNAse B
anti-D immunoglobulin
anti-G

Literary usage of Anthurium

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

1. Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society by Royal Horticultural Society (Great Britain). (1900)
"Some time after, in vol. xxiii. of the same journal, at p. 26, I also published an article in which I explained the evolution of anthurium ..."

2. Across Central America by John Whetham Boddam-Whetham (1877)
"... TO MULE—NIGHT SOUNDS—A DESCENT—STRELITZIA REGINA—anthurium—BROAD LEAFED PLANTS—ESPIRITU SANTO—THE CABILDO. LROM Coban the road runs along the right bank ..."

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