blumenbachia

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Blumenbachia, genus named after German physician, naturalist, physiologist and anthropologist Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (1752–1840).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blu.memˈba.kja/
• Rhymes: -akja
• Hyphenation: blu‧men‧bà‧chia

Noun

blumenbachia f (plural blumenbachie)

1. any plant of the Blumenbachia taxonomic genus

Further reading

• blumenbachia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana