flamingo plant

flamingo plant
noun
commonly cultivated anthurium having bright scarlet spathe and spadix
Hypernyms: ↑anthurium, ↑tailflower, ↑tail-flower

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flamingo plant,
a tropical American plant of the arum family, grown for its bright-scarlet spathe and showy flowers.

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