Caladium

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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