dieffenbachia

See also: Dieffenbachia

English edit

Dieffenbachia bowmannii

Etymology edit

From the genus name.

Noun edit

dieffenbachia (plural dieffenbachias)

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

References edit

dieffenbachia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Dieffenbachia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Italian edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

dieffenbachia f (plural dieffenbachie)

dieffenbachia (plant of the genus Dieffenbachia)

References edit

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

Further reading edit

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

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