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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

[NL. See

(Zool.)

One of numerous species of

Heliconius

, a genus of tropical American butterflies. The wings are usually black, marked with green, crimson, and white.

See also: Heliconia

heliconia ‎(plural heliconias)

Any of genus Heliconia of flowering plants.
- 2008 January 3, Anne Raver, “No Need to Fly South to See Blossoms in Winter”, in New York Times:
  Royal palms flank a long rectangular pool, a great fallen tree forms a bridge across the water, and heliconias bloom among the elephant ears and banana shrubs.