dieffenbachia

See also: Dieffenbachia

English

Dieffenbachia bowmannii

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

dieffenbachia (plural dieffenbachias)

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

References

• dieffenbachia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Dieffenbachia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

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/
• Rhymes: -akja
• Hyphenation: dief‧fen‧bà‧chia

Noun

dieffenbachia f (plural dieffenbachie)

1. dieffenbachia (plant of the genus Dieffenbachia)

Further reading

• dieffenbachia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• Dieffenbachia on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it