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Definition of Flamingo flower
1. Noun. Commonly cultivated anthurium having bright scarlet spathe and spadix.
Generic synonyms: Anthurium, Tail-flower, Tailflower
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flamingo Flower
Literary usage of Flamingo flower
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1874)
"... I have no doubt the extraordinary shape and brilliant scarlet color of the
flower would suggest to many to name it the flamingo flower. ..."
2. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1904)
"... flowers looking like English daisies, but more purple, were called Auraria
hybrida, and the brilliant scarlet Anthurium, well named flamingo flower. ..."
3. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1904)
"... and the brilliant scarlet Anthurium, well named flamingo flower. A plant quite
well known was the Clivia, its flower stem bearing many orange lilies. ..."
4. Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse by Edward Step (1897)
"... the flamingo flower. Plate 296. Plant and leaves greatly reduced ; flowers
reduced one- third. Fig. 1 is a flower separated from the spadix ; 2, ..."
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