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blumea

US/ˈblu.mi.ə/

blumea noun: any plant of the taxonomic genus Blumea, composites found chiefly in southern Asia, some used for traditional medicine.

blumea: any plant of the taxonomic genus Blumea, composites found chiefly in southern Asia, some used for...
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Noun

blumea (plural blumeas)

  1. Any plant of the taxonomic genus Blumea, composites found chiefly in southern Asia, some used for traditional medicine.

Forms of blumea

pluralblumeas

Origin of blumea

Borrowed from taxonomic name Blumea, from Dutch Blume (surname, after Carl Ludwig Blume) + translingual -a f.

Questions about blumea

What does blumea mean?
Blumea means any plant of the taxonomic genus Blumea, composites found chiefly in southern Asia, some used for traditional medicine.
What part of speech is blumea?
Blumea is a noun.
How do you pronounce blumea?
Blumea is pronounced /ˈblu.mi.ə/ (US).
What is the plural of blumea?
The plural of blumea is blumeas.

Words near blumea in the dictionary

  1. Blum's speedup theorem
  2. Blumberg
  3. Blumberg sign
  4. Blumbergs
  5. Blume
  6. blumea
  7. Blumenberg
  8. Blumenbergs
  9. Blumenfeld
  10. Blumenfelds
  11. Blumenfield

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