dieffenbachia

See also: Dieffenbachia

English

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

dieffenbachia (plural dieffenbachias)

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

References

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

dieffenbachia f (plural dieffenbachie)

  1. dieffenbachia (plant of the genus Dieffenbachia)

References

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

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