hamelia

Definitions of hamelia
  1. noun
    any of several flowering tropical or subtropical shrubs of the genus Hamelia
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    types:
    Hamelia erecta, Hamelia patens, coloradillo, scarlet bush, scarlet hamelia
    handsome shrub with showy orange to scarlet or crimson flowers; Florida and West Indies to Mexico and Brazil
    type of:
    bush, shrub
    a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
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