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TAIL-FLOWER

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• TAIL-FLOWER (noun)
The noun TAIL-FLOWER has 1 sense:

1. any of various tropical American plants cultivated for their showy foliage and flowers

Familiarity information: TAIL-FLOWER used as a noun is very rare.

• TAIL-FLOWER (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

anthurium; tail-flower; tailflower

Hypernyms ("tail-flower" 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 "tail-flower"):

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

Holonyms ("tail-flower" is a member of...):

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

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