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echeveria

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echeveria /ˌeCHəvəˈrēə, , ˌɛtʃəvəˈriə , ˌeCHəvəˈrīə, ˌɛtʃəvəˈraɪə/
noun a succulent plant with rosettes of fleshy colorful leaves, native to warm regions of America and popular as houseplants.
Genus Echeveria, family Crassulaceae: numerous species and cultivars.
– ORIGIN modern Latin, named after Anastasio Echeveri or Echeverría, 19th-century Mexican botanical illustrator.