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blumenbachia

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Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from translingual Blumenbachia, genus named after German physician, naturalist, physiologist and anthropologist Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (1752–1840).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /blu.memˈba.kja/
  • Rhymes: -akja
  • Hyphenation: blu‧men‧bà‧chia

Noun

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blumenbachia f (plural blumenbachie)

  1. any plant of the Blumenbachia taxonomic genus

Further reading

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  • blumenbachia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana