Etymology

blumea

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Today it means: Any plant of the taxonomic genus Blumea, composites found chiefly in southern Asia, some used for traditional medicine. Full definition →

taxonomic name Blumea
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  1. taxonomic name · borrowed fromBlumea
  2. English todayblumea

Borrowed from taxonomic name Blumea, from Dutch Blume (surname, after Carl Ludwig Blume) + translingual -a f.

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