Rafflesia

See also: rafflesia

Translingual

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Raffles, the surname of British colonial statesman Sir Stamford Raffles (1781–1826) +‎ -ia (suffix forming taxonomic names, especially genus names when appended to the name of a person).

Pronunciation

• English:
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɹəˈfliː.ʒə/, /ɹəˈfliː.ʒɪ.ə/, /ɹəˈfliː.zɪ.ə/
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /ɹəˈfli.ʒə/, /ɹəˈfli.ʒi.ə/, /ɹəˈfli.zi.ə/
  • Hyphenation: Raf‧fles‧ia

Proper noun

Rafflesia f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Rafflesiaceae – the rafflesias, of southeast Asia.

Hyponyms

• (genus): Rafflesia arnoldii