echeveria
[ ech-uh-vuh-ree-uh ]
/ ˌɛtʃ ə vəˈri ə /
noun
any of numerous succulent plants of the genus Echeveria, native to tropical America and having thick leaves characteristically forming rosettes.
Origin of echeveria
< New Latin (1828), named after Atanasio
Echeverría (flourished 1771), Mexican botanical illustrator
Words nearby echeveria
echard,
echegaray,
echegaray y eizaguirre,
echelette,
echelon,
echeveria,
echeverría,
echeverría álvarez,
echidna,
echinacea,
echinate
Example sentences from the Web for echeveria
The name Echeveria is now given up by botanists for Cotyledon.
The Practical Garden-Book |C. E. Hunn
British Dictionary definitions for echeveria
echeveria
/ (ˌɛtʃɪˈvɪərɪə) /
noun
any of various tropical American crassulaceous plants of the genus Echeveria, cultivated for their colourful foliage
Word Origin for echeveria
named after M.
Echeveri, 19th-century Mexican botanical artist