any of a large genus (Echeveria) of tropical American plants of the orpine family, with dense rosettes of thick, fleshy leaves
Origin of echeveria
ModL, after Echeveri, Mexican illustrator of 19th-c. botanical worksecheveria
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echeveria
noun
Any of various tropical American plants of the genus Echeveria, having thick, succulent leaves usually clustered in dense rosettes.
Origin of echeveria
New Latin Echeveria genus name after Atanasio Echeverría y Godoy, 18th-century Mexican botanical illustrator
echeveria
Echeveria imbricata
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Noun
(plural echeverias)
- Any member of the large genus Echeveria of succulents, many of which are popular as garden plants.
Origin
From the genus name.
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Sentence Examples
- As understood by botanists, this now includes the groups long known as Echeveria and Umbilicus.
- The Echeveria of gardens is now included in this genus.
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WORDS NEAR echeveria IN THE DICTIONARY
- echeveria
- echeverias
- echidna
- echidnae