Meanings
nounheliconia (plural heliconias)
plural heliconias
- Any of the genus Heliconia of flowering plants.
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.
2008 January 3, Anne Raver, “No Need to Fly South to See Blossoms in Winter”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Apr 2023
Origin
- taxonomic nameHeliconia
- Englishheliconia
Learned borrowing from taxonomic name Heliconia.
More words from taxonomic name
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 赫蕉
- 赫蕉 (hèjiāo)Heliconia genus plant
Greek ελικόνια
- ελικόνια (elikónia)Heliconia genus plant
Portuguese helicônia
- helicôniaHeliconia genus plant
Russian гелико́ния
- гелико́ния (gelikónija)Heliconia genus plant
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with heliconia
EstoniamacedoniaammoniaPatagoniaCataloniaLivoniaLaconiaharmoniasinfoniaSnowdoniaFranconiaFreedoniaPoloniabegoniaAmbazoniaBabyloniaWalloniaCydoniaPaeoniaSlavoniaPannoniaSophroniawatsoniadysphonia
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
heliconia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heliconia
MLA
“heliconia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heliconia. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “heliconia,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heliconia.
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