caladium

2 definitions found

caladium - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Caladium \Ca*la"di*um\, n. [NL.]
     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.
     [1913 Webster]

caladium - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  caladium
      n 1: any plant of the genus Caladium cultivated for their
           ornamental foliage variously patterned in white or pink or
           red