dieffenbachia

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(dē′fən bak′ē ə, -bä′kē ə)


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dief•fen•bach•i•a  (dē′fən bak′ē ə, -bä′kē ə),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Plant Biologyany of various plants belonging to the genus Dieffenbachia, of the arum family, native to tropical America, often cultivated as houseplants for their decorative foliage. Cf. dumb cane.
  • Neo-Latin (1829), named after Ernst Dieffenbach (1811–55), German naturalist; see -ia

'dieffenbachia' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
dumb cane

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