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lachenalia

lachenalia noun: any of the genus Lachenalia of bulbs.

Noun

lachenalia (plural lachenalias)

  1. Any of the genus Lachenalia of bulbs.
    • “I have 60 different lachenalias, 10 different freesias, 25 moraeas,” Mr. Canning said, naming a few of his beauties, which, mixed in with big pots of camellias, will bloom from now through March.2008 January 3, Anne Raver, “No Need to Fly South to See Blossoms in Winter”, in New York Times

Forms of lachenalia

plurallachenalias

Origin of lachenalia

From the genus name.

Questions about lachenalia

What does lachenalia mean?
Lachenalia means any of the genus Lachenalia of bulbs.
What part of speech is lachenalia?
Lachenalia is a noun.
What is the plural of lachenalia?
The plural of lachenalia is lachenalias.

Words near lachenalia in the dictionary

  1. lachanophobes
  2. lachanophobia
  3. Lachapelle
  4. Lachapelles
  5. Lachen
  6. lachenalia
  7. lachenalias
  8. Lacher
  9. Lachers
  10. laches
  11. Lachesian

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