echeveria

[ ech-uh-vuh-ree-uh ]

noun

1. any of numerous succulent plants of the genus Echeveria, native to tropical America and having thick leaves characteristically forming rosettes.

echeveria

/ ˌɛtʃɪˈvɪərɪə /

noun

1. any of various tropical American crassulaceous plants of the genus Echeveria, cultivated for their colourful foliage

Word History and Origins

Origin of echeveria¹

< New Latin (1828), named after Atanasio Echeverría (flourished 1771), Mexican botanical illustrator

Word History and Origins

Origin of echeveria¹

named after M. Echeveri, 19th-century Mexican botanical artist

Example Sentences

The name Echeveria is now given up by botanists for Cotyledon.

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Zara de Echeveria needed no adornment to emphasize the attractions of her gorgeous self.

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Zara de Echeveria, Alexis Saberevski informs you now that he knows you to be high in the councils of the nihilists.

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There are seeming paradoxes which will explain just what my conclusions were concerning Zara de Echeveria.

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But I was conscious of a subtle change in the character of my feelings towards Zara de Echeveria.

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