Echeveria meaning

ĕch'ə-və-rē'ə
Any of various tropical American plants of the genus Echeveria, having thick, succulent leaves usually clustered in dense rosettes.
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Any of a large genus (Echeveria) of tropical American plants of the orpine family, with dense rosettes of thick, fleshy leaves.
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Any member of the large genus Echeveria of succulents, many of which are popular as garden plants.
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Origin of echeveria

New Latin Echeveria genus name after Atanasio Echeverría y Godoy, 18th-century Mexican botanical illustrator

Sentence Examples

  • The Echeveria of gardens is now included in this genus.

  • 23, a) and Gesnera, the succulent Sempervivum, Echeveria, Pachyphytum and their allies, and such hard-leaved plants as Theophrasta (fig.

  • As understood by botanists, this now includes the groups long known as Echeveria and Umbilicus.

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