caladium

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Definition von caladium im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

Any of the tropical New World tuberous herbaceous plants that make up the genus Caladium, in the arum family, widely cultivated for their showy, fragile-looking, variably coloured leaves. Caladiums are nonhardy bulbs used as potted plants indoors and in summer outdoor plantings. They keep surprisingly well if protected from chills and wintry drafts

{i} tropical American plant

A genus of aroideous plants, of which some species are cultivated for their immense leaves (which are often curiously blotched with white and red), and others (in Polynesia) for food

any plant of the genus Caladium cultivated for their ornamental foliage variously patterned in white or pink or red

Relevante Übersetzungen

caladium bicolor

most popular caladium; cultivated in many varieties since the late 19th century

genus caladium

small genus of tropical South American tuberous perennials with large variously colored leaves

Silbentrennung

ca·la·di·um