Meanings
nounkalanchoe (plural kalanchoes)
plural kalanchoes
- alsobiologyAny succulent flowering plant of the tropical genus Kalanchoe.
NOW that spring is near, I’ve been repotting dozens of houseplants — begonias, aloes and oxalis — and have started to make cuttings of others, like geraniums, aeoniums and kalanchoes.
2008 February 21, Anne Raver, “Repotting for Spring, Mixing in Some Memories”, in New York Times
Origin
- taxonomic nameKalanchoe
- Englishkalanchoe
Borrowed from taxonomic name Kalanchoe.
More words from taxonomic name
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic كَلَنْكُوَة, أُذُن
- كَلَنْكُوَة (kalankuwa)Translations
- أُذُن (ʔuḏun)Translations
- وِدْنَة (widna)Translations
Chinese Cantonese 伽藍菜 /伽蓝菜
- 伽藍菜 /伽蓝菜 (ke⁴ laam⁴ coi³)Translations
Chinese Mandarin 伽藍菜 /伽蓝菜
- 伽藍菜 /伽蓝菜 (qiéláncài)Translations
Czech kolopejka
- kolopejkaTranslations
French kalanchoe
- kalanchoeTranslations
Greek καλαγχόη
- καλαγχόη (kalanchói)Translations
Korean 칼랑코에
- 칼랑코에 (kallangko'e)Translations
Lithuanian kalankė
- kalankėTranslations
Russian каланхо́е, каланхо́э
- каланхо́е (kalanxóje)Translations
- каланхо́э (kalanxóe)Translations
Ukrainian каланхо́е
- каланхо́е (kalanxóe)Translations
Cite this entry
APA
kalanchoe. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kalanchoe
MLA
“kalanchoe.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kalanchoe. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kalanchoe,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kalanchoe.
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