balisiern.
The West Indian musaceous plant Heliconia bihai, with very large leaves and brilliant orange flowers.
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1858 L. A. A. de Verteuil Trinidad 95 Balizier (Heliconia).
1871 C. Kingsley At Last I. vi. 222 Under the shade of great Balisiers or wild plantains. [Note] Heliconia.
1871 C. Kingsley At Last I. vii. 266 Above these, again, the Balisiers bend their long leaves, eight or ten feet long apiece.
1953 P. L. Fermor Violins of Saint-Jacques 18 Punctilious flower-paintings of hibiscus and balisier.
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