Echeveria definition

ĕchə-və-rēə

Any of various tropical American plants of the genus Echeveria, having thick, succulent leaves usually clustered in dense rosettes.

noun

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

noun

Any member of the large genus Echeveria of succulents, many of which are popular as garden plants.

noun

Other Word Forms

Singular:

echeveria

Plural:

echeverias

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

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From the genus name.

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