any of various tropical American aroid plants constituting the genus Anthurium, many of which are cultivated as house plants for their showy foliage and their flowers, which are borne in a long-stalked spike surrounded by a flaring heart-shaped white or red bract
Word origin
C19: New Latin, from antho- + Greek oura a tail
anthurium in American English
(ænˈθjʊriəm; ænˈθʊriəm)
noun
any of a genus (Anthurium) of tropical American plants of the arum family, having a spadix surrounded at the base by a flaring, heart-shaped, white or colored spathe
Word origin
ModL < Gr anthos (see antho-) + oura, tail (see uro-2)
Examples of 'anthurium' in a sentence
anthurium
The only thing missing was a lone anthurium in a crystal vase.