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Definition of Flamingo plant
1. Noun. Commonly cultivated anthurium having bright scarlet spathe and spadix.
Generic synonyms: Anthurium, Tail-flower, Tailflower
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flamingo Plant
Literary usage of Flamingo plant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Country Gentlemen (1876)
"... of thanks for two admirably grown plants of Odontoglossum Alexandras, and he
also exhibited a singular flower of the flamingo plant having two spathes. ..."
2. The Floral Magazine (1880)
"... a variety of the well-known flamingo plant, with a small supplementary spathe
produced opposite the large one, which gives the plant a very distinct ..."
3. Choice Stove and Greenhouse Flowering Plants: Comprising Descriptions of by Benjamin Samuel Williams (1883)
"It forms a fine contrast to the now well-known and popular flamingo plant, and
makes a fine object for exhibition and decorative purposes. ..."
4. Window and Parlor Gardening: A Guide for the Selection, Propagation and Care by Nils Jönsson-Rose (1895)
"... with white flowers and white-spotted leaves. This latter can easily be grown
from seeds, the others by means of offsets. The flamingo plant; Anthurium ..."
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