Aizoon

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Translingual

Aizoon canariense

Etymology

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀείζωον (aeízōon, “the houseleek, Sempervivum”), from ἀεί (aeí, “forever”) + ζῷον (zôion, “living thing”).

Proper noun

Aizoon n

A taxonomic genus within the family Aizoaceae – certain iceplants.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots - clades; Caryophyllales - order; Aizoaceae - family; Aizooideae - subfamily

Hyponyms

(genus): Aizoon canariense - type species; See Aizoon at Plants of the World Online for the accepted species and other names.

References

Aizoon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Aizoon on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Aizoon on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Aizoon at the Catalogue of Life
Aizoon at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Aizooideae at APWeb
Aizoon at Tropicos
Aizoon at Plants of the World Online

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