Vella
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Vella spinosa
See also: vella
Translingual
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun
Vella f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Brassicaceae – native to the western Mediterranean.
Synonyms
- (genus): Boleum
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, malvids - clades; Brassicales - order; Brassicaceae - family; Brassiceae - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Vella pseudocytisus - type species; for others see
Vella on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
References
Vella (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Vella on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Vella (Brassicaceae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Vella at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Vella at Germplasm Resources Information Network
- Vella at Tropicos
- Vella at Brassibase
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian and Maltese Vella.
Proper noun
Vella (plural Vellas)
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Vella is the 8189th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4051 individuals. 86.87% of individuals with the surname are White.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Vella”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Italian
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun
Vella m or f by sense
- a surname
Maltese
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun
Vella
- a surname