caladium
(noun) any plant of the genus Caladium cultivated for their ornamental foliage variously patterned in white or pink or red
Source: WordNet® 3.1
From the genus name.
caladium (plural caladiums)
Any of the genus Caladium of flowering plants, especially an ornamental cultivar of Caladium bicolor.
Source: Wiktionary
Ca*la"di*um, n. Etym: [NL.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
12 March 2025
(noun) small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
