Anthurium

/ænˈθjʊriəm/ noun

A tropical plant with distinctive heart-shaped leaves and colorful, waxy flower-like structures, commonly grown as a houseplant.

From Greek 'anthos' (flower) + 'oura' (tail), named in the 1820s because the flower spike resembles a tail sticking up from a leaf-like spathe.

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