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heliconia

(hel′i kō′nē ə)

noun

any of a genus (Heliconia) of tropical plants of the banana family, having tall, erect leaves and spikes of flowers enclosed in brilliantly colored bracts

Origin: ModL < L, fem. of Heliconius, of Helicon

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