dieffenbachia
See also: Dieffenbachia
English
Etymology
From the genus name.
Noun
dieffenbachia (plural dieffenbachias)
- Any of several plants, of the genus Dieffenbachia, cultivated as houseplants
References
dieffenbachia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Dieffenbachia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from translingual Dieffenbachia, genus named after German physician, geologist and naturalist Johann Karl Ernst Dieffenbach (1811–1855).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dif.femˈba.kja/[1]
- Rhymes: -akja
- Hyphenation: dief‧fen‧bà‧chia
References
- dieffenbachia in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Further reading
- dieffenbachia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- Dieffenbachia on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
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