anthurium

American  

[an-thoor-ee-uhm] / ænˈθʊər i əm /

noun

1. any tropical American plant belonging to the genus Anthurium, of the arum family, certain species of which are cultivated for their glossy red heart-shaped bract surrounding a rodlike spike of tiny yellow flowers.

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anthurium British  

/ ænˈθjʊərɪəm /

noun

1. 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

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Etymology

Origin of anthurium

1829; < New Latin Anthurium, equivalent to anth- anth- + -urium < Greek our ( á ) tail + New Latin -ium -ium

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anthurium

It was at times literal, such as the giant white anthurium serving as the front piece on an A-line minidress.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 30, 2022

For Loewe’s invitation, a bright red tropical flower came through the post that the floral dictionary identifed as an anthurium.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 28, 2022

I think the life-transforming plant for me was the anthurium.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2021

In another of her arrangements, a mass of tissue-petaled ivory peonies is disrupted by an alabaster anthurium, its spadix jutting up from the flower’s platelike surface.

From New York Times ● Mar. 4, 2020

The flower she loved the most was the anthurium.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy