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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Any of various tropical American plants of the genus Caladium widely cultivated for their ornamental foliage, variously patterned in white, green, pink, or red.

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  • noun Any of the genus Caladium of flowering plants.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[New Latin Caladium, genus name, from Malay keladi, an aroid.]

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From the genus name.

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