rafflesia
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Rafflesia arnoldii in Sabah, Malaysia
See also: Rafflesia
English
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Etymology
From the genus name Rafflesia.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɹəˈfliː.ʒə/, /ɹəˈfliː.ʒɪ.ə/, /ɹəˈfliː.zɪ.ə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɹəˈfli.ʒə/, /ɹəˈfli.ʒi.ə/, /ɹəˈfli.zi.ə/
- Hyphenation: raf‧fles‧ia
Noun
rafflesia (plural rafflesias)
- (botany) Any of several large parasitic plants, of the genus Rafflesia, from South East Asia, that have no roots, stems or leaves; Rafflesia arnoldii has the largest known flower with a diameter of over a yard.
Translations
plant of the genus Rafflesia
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Further reading
Finnish
Etymology
From translingual Rafflesia.
Pronunciation
Noun
rafflesia
Declension
| Inflection of rafflesia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | rafflesia | rafflesiat | |
| genitive | rafflesian | rafflesioiden rafflesioitten | |
| partitive | rafflesiaa | rafflesioita | |
| illative | rafflesiaan | rafflesioihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | rafflesia | rafflesiat | |
| accusative | nom. | rafflesia | rafflesiat |
| gen. | rafflesian | ||
| genitive | rafflesian | rafflesioiden rafflesioitten rafflesiain rare | |
| partitive | rafflesiaa | rafflesioita | |
| inessive | rafflesiassa | rafflesioissa | |
| elative | rafflesiasta | rafflesioista | |
| illative | rafflesiaan | rafflesioihin | |
| adessive | rafflesialla | rafflesioilla | |
| ablative | rafflesialta | rafflesioilta | |
| allative | rafflesialle | rafflesioille | |
| essive | rafflesiana | rafflesioina | |
| translative | rafflesiaksi | rafflesioiksi | |
| abessive | rafflesiatta | rafflesioitta | |
| instructive | — | rafflesioin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Synonyms
French
Noun
rafflesia f (plural rafflesias)
- Alternative spelling of rafflésie
Further reading
- “rafflesia”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Indonesian
Noun
rafflesia (first-person possessive rafflesiaku, second-person possessive rafflesiamu, third-person possessive rafflesianya)