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Rafflesia
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rafflesia
Translingual
Etymology
From en Raffles, the surname of British colonial statesman Sir Stamford Raffles (1781–1826) mul ia suffix forming taxonomic names, especially genus names when appended to the name of a person.
Pronunciation
English:
en /ɹəˈfliː.ʒə/ /ɹəˈfliː.ʒɪ.ə/ /ɹəˈfliː.zɪ.ə/ RP
en /ɹəˈfli.ʒə/ /ɹəˈfli.ʒi.ə/ /ɹəˈfli.zi.ə/ GA
en Raf fles ia
Proper noun
f 1
genus family Rafflesiaceae the rafflesias, of southeast Asia
Hyponyms
genus Rafflesia arnoldii species
mul taxonomic eponyms