ECHEVERIA

[ech.e.ve.ria] n [NL, genus name, after Atanasio Echeverria fl 1771 Mex. botanical illustrator] (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 and that are often grown as ornamentals