heliconia


hel·i·con·i·a

H5134350 (hĕl′ĭ-kŏn′ē-ə)n. Any of numerous plants in the tropical genus Heliconia, often cultivated for their showy inflorescences with bright red, orange, or yellow bracts.
[New Latin Helicōnia, genus name, coined by Carolus Linnaeus after Greek Helikōn, Helicon, the mountain in Greece where the Muses were said to dwell (in punning reference to the fact that species of the genus Heliconia resemble banana plants, classified in the closely related genus Musa).]

heliconia

(ˌhɛlɪˈkənɪə) n (Plants) any of a genus of tropical flowering plants with long flowering panicles. Also called: lobster-claw