Translingual

Kalanchoe laciniata

Proper noun

Kalanchoe f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Crassulaceae – tropical succulent flowering plants native principally to Madagascar, south and east Africa, and southeast Asia, some of which are used as ornamentals.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots - clades; Saxifragales - order; Crassulaceae - family; Sempervivoideae - subfamily; Kalanchoeae - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Kalanchoe subg. Bryophyllum, Kalanchoe subg. Calophygia, Kalanchoe subg. Kalanchoe
  • Kalanchoe laciniata - type species; Kalanchoe daigremontiana - selected species; for other species see Kalanchoe at The Plant List

English

Noun

kalanchoe ‎(plural kalanchoes)

1. Any of the genus Kalanchoe of tropical, succulent flowering plants.
   • 2008 February 21, Anne Raver, “Repotting for Spring, Mixing in Some Memories”, in New York Times:

     NOW that spring is near, I’ve been repotting dozens of houseplants —— begonias, aloes and oxalis —— and have started to make cuttings of others, like geraniums, aeoniums and kalanchoes.