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    TAILFLOWER

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Any of various tropical American plants cultivated for their showy foliage and flowersplay

    Synonyms:

    anthurium; tail-flower; tailflower

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("tailflower" is a kind of...):

    houseplant (any of a variety of plants grown indoors for decorative purposes)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tailflower"):

    Anthurium andraeanum; Anthurium scherzerianum; flamingo flower; flamingo plant (commonly cultivated anthurium having bright scarlet spathe and spadix)

    Holonyms ("tailflower" is a member of...):

    genus Anthurium (large genus of often epiphytic evergreen tropical American plants often cultivated as houseplants)

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