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Definition of Heliconias
1. heliconia [n] - See also: heliconia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Heliconias
Literary usage of Heliconias
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Belize by Vivien Lougheed (2005)
"heliconias heliconias are a small group of plants found in the tropics that are
characterized ... Some of the more recognizable heliconias are the banana, ..."
2. Proceedings of the Ohio Academy of Science by Ohio Academy of Science (1901)
"NEW heliconias FROM GUATEMALA AND ELSEWHERE. ROBERT F. GRIGGS. ... It is almost
impossible to make good specimens of heliconias in the moist regions where ..."
3. Outlines of Cosmic Philosophy by John Fiske (1874)
"... efficiently protected as by imitating a dead leaf or dry twig; provided that
there were but few of these butterflies among a large number of heliconias. ..."
4. Outlines of Cosmic Philosophy: Based on the Doctrine of Evolution, with by John Fiske (1893)
"... provided that there were but few of these butterflies among a large number of
heliconias. For, as Mr. Wallace says, "if the birds could not distinguish ..."
5. Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection: A Series of Essays by Alfred Russel Wallace (1875)
"<**' externally, as if it acquired also the disagreeable odour; always supposing
that there were only a few of them among a great number of the heliconias. ..."
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