calancoa

Italian

Alternative forms

• kalancoa

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Kalanchoe, from New Latin Kalanchauhuy as recorded by Georg Joseph Kamel, from a Sinitic source akin to Cantonese 伽藍菜 / 伽蓝菜 (gaa¹ laam⁴ coi³, literally “temple plant”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.lanˈkɔ.a/
• Rhymes: -ɔa
• Hyphenation: ca‧lan‧cò‧a

Noun

calancoa f (plural calancoe)

1. kalanchoe

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• accanalo, accanalò