bryophyllum

[ brahy-uh-fil-uhm ]

noun
  1. any of various kalanchoes, as Kalanchoe pinnata, that characteristically bear plantlets along the leaf margins.

Origin of bryophyllum

1
<New Latin (1805), originally a genus name, equivalent to bryo-bryo- + Greek phýllon leaf

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