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Definition of caladium in English English dictionary
- 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
- 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
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