echeveria

(ec̸h′ə vir′ē ə, ek′-)

noun

any of a large genus (Echeveria) of tropical American plants of the orpine family, with dense rosettes of thick, fleshy leaves

Origin: ModL, after Echeveri, Mex illustrator of 19th-c. botanical works

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noun

Any of numerous tropical American plants of the genus Echeveria, having thick, succulent leaves often clustered in a showy rosette.

Origin:

Origin: New Latin Echeveria, genus name

Origin: , after Atanasio Echeverría, 19th-century Mexican botanical illustrator

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