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‖ caladium Bot.|kəˈleɪdɪəm|
Also 9 calladium.
[mod.L. adaptation, by Rumph, 1750, in Herb. Amboinense V. 318, of the Malay name kélādy (Forbes Watson) of Caladium (now Colocasia) esculentum. The genus in its present botanical acceptation was established by Ventenat in 1800, when, by a carelessness too frequent in botanical nomenclature, the actual species to which the name kélādy belonged, was excluded from the Caladiums and made a Colocasia.]
A genus of plants belonging to the Arum family, grown in this country as hot-house plants, but cultivated in their native regions for their underground corms, which contain much starch.
1845Penny Cycl. Suppl. I. 264/1 Caladium arborescens..yields a great quantity of starch. 1858Hogg Veg. Kingd. 797. 1881 Mrs. Praed Policy & Passion I. 270 The verandah was adorned with stands of choice ferns and calladiums. 1882Garden 4 Mar. 145/3 Caladiums..will now be starting rapidly into growth. 1885A. Brassey in Trades 70 Caladiums and ferns growing in the wildest profusion. |