Rafflesia
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See also: rafflesia
Translingual[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Raffles, the surname of British colonial statesman Sir Stamford Raffles (1781–1826) + -ia (suffix forming taxonomic names, especially genus names when appended to the name of a person).
Pronunciation[edit]
- English:
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɹəˈfliː.ʒə/, /ɹəˈfliː.ʒɪ.ə/, /ɹəˈfliː.zɪ.ə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɹəˈfli.ʒə/, /ɹəˈfli.ʒi.ə/, /ɹəˈfli.zi.ə/
- Hyphenation: Raf‧fles‧ia
Proper noun[edit]
Rafflesia f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Rafflesiaceae – the rafflesias, of southeast Asia.
Hyponyms[edit]
- (genus): Rafflesia arnoldii