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an•thu•ri•um
(an thŏŏr′ē əm),USA pronunciation n.
- Plant Biologyany tropical American plant belonging to the genus Anthurium, of the arum family, certain species of which are cultivated for their glossy red heart-shaped bract surrounding a rodlike spike of tiny yellow flowers.
- Greek our(á) tail + Neo-Latin -ium -ium
- Neo-Latin Anthurium, equivalent. to anth- anth- + -urium
- 1829
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