dieffenbachia

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English

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Dieffenbachia bowmannii

Etymology

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From the genus name.

Noun

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dieffenbachia (plural dieffenbachias)

  1. Any of several plants, of the genus Dieffenbachia, cultivated as houseplants

References

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Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from translingual Dieffenbachia, genus named after German physician, geologist and naturalist Johann Karl Ernst Dieffenbach (1811–1855).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /dif.femˈba.kja/[1]
  • Rhymes: -akja
  • Hyphenation: dief‧fen‧bà‧chia

Noun

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dieffenbachia f (plural dieffenbachie)

  1. dieffenbachia (plant of the genus Dieffenbachia)

References

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  1. ^ dieffenbachia in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading

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