rafflesia

See also: Rafflesia

English

Etymology
Rafflesia arnoldii in Sabah, Malaysia

From the genus name Rafflesia.

Pronunciation
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɹəˈfliː.ʒə/, /ɹəˈfliː.ʒɪ.ə/, /ɹəˈfliː.zɪ.ə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ɹəˈfli.ʒə/, /ɹəˈfli.ʒi.ə/, /ɹəˈfli.zi.ə/
  • Hyphenation: raf‧fles‧ia

Noun

rafflesia (plural rafflesias)

  1. (botany) Any of several large parasitic plants, of the genus Rafflesia, from South East Asia, that have no roots, stems or leaves; Rafflesia arnoldii has the largest known flower with a diameter of over a yard.

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Noun

rafflesia

  1. rafflesia

Declension
Inflection of rafflesia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative rafflesia rafflesiat
genitive rafflesian rafflesioiden
rafflesioitten
partitive rafflesiaa rafflesioita
illative rafflesiaan rafflesioihin
singular plural
nominative rafflesia rafflesiat
accusative nom. rafflesia rafflesiat
gen. rafflesian
genitive rafflesian rafflesioiden
rafflesioitten
rafflesiainrare
partitive rafflesiaa rafflesioita
inessive rafflesiassa rafflesioissa
elative rafflesiasta rafflesioista
illative rafflesiaan rafflesioihin
adessive rafflesialla rafflesioilla
ablative rafflesialta rafflesioilta
allative rafflesialle rafflesioille
essive rafflesiana rafflesioina
translative rafflesiaksi rafflesioiksi
instructive — rafflesioin
abessive rafflesiatta rafflesioitta
comitative — rafflesioineen

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