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Rafflesia
‖
Raf-fle′si-a
(răf-flē′zhĭ-ȧ)
, Noun.
[NL. Named from its discoverer,
Sir S.
.] Raffles
(Bot.)
A genus of stemless, leafless plants, living parasitically upon the roots and stems of grapevines in Malaysia. The flowers have a carrionlike odor, and are very large, in one species (
Rafflesia Arnoldi
) having a diameter of two or three feet. Definition 2024
Rafflesia
Rafflesia
See also: rafflesia
Translingual
Proper noun
Rafflesia f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Rafflesiaceae – the rafflesias.
See also
rafflesia
rafflesia
See also: Rafflesia
English
Noun
rafflesia (plural rafflesias)
- (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.
Translations
plant of the genus Rafflesia
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Finnish
Noun
rafflesia
Declension
| Inflection of rafflesia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | rafflesia | rafflesiat | |
| genitive | rafflesian | rafflesioiden rafflesioitten |
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| 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 | |