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helicon
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Helicotrema
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Merriam Webster's
noun Etymology: New Latin, ultimately from Greek Helik?nios, from Helik?n Helicon, mountain in Greece Date: 1838 any of a genus (Heliconia of the family Heliconiaceae) of perennial herbs of tropical America and islands of the western Pacific having showy brightly colored bracts and large leaves
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Heliconia Hel`i*co"ni*a, n. [NL. See Helicon.] (Zo["o]l.) One of numerous species of Heliconius, a genus of tropical American butterflies. The wings are usually black, marked with green, crimson, and white.
