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echeveria

ech·e·ve·ri·a [ èchəvə r ə ]


noun 
Definition:
 
tropical plant: a low-growing cultivated plant with rosettes of fleshy leaves. Flowers: tubular, bell-shaped. Native to: tropical America.  Genus Echeveria.

[Mid-19th century. < modern Latin, after Atanasio Echeverría (1766-1811), Mexican botanical illustrator]
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