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English
Etymology
From the genus name.
Pronunciation
Noun
zantedeschia (plural zantedeschias)
- Any of the genus Zantedeschia of herbaceous flowering plants in the family Araceae, native to southern Africa.
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from translingual Zantedeschia, from the name of Italian botanist Giovanni Zantedeschi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): */d͡zan.teˈdɛ.skja/
- Rhymes: -ɛskja
- Hyphenation: zan‧te‧dè‧schia
Noun
zantedeschia f (plural zantedeschie)
- any plant of the Zantedeschia taxonomic genus
- (botany, uncountable, usually capitalized as Zantedeschia) the Zantedeschia taxonomic genus
Further reading
- zantedeschia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana