n.
Pronunciation: ˌ e-ch ə -v ə - ' r ē - ə
Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin, genus name, after Atanasio Echeverría flourished 1771 Mexican botanical illustrator
Date: 1883
: any of a large genus ( Echeveria ) of tropical American succulent plants of the orpine family that have showy rosettes of often plushy basal leaves and axillary clusters of flowers with erect petals