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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ce•ro•pe•gi•a (sēr′ə pē′jē ə, -jə),USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biologyany of various, usually climbing or trailing, plants of the genus Ceropegia, native to the Old World tropics and often cultivated as houseplants.
- Greek -pēgia, noun, nominal derivative of pēgnýnai to stick in, fix in; perh. to be taken as "candle holder''; compare Linnaeus' specific name candelabrum
- Greek kēro- cero- + Neo-Latin -pegia, perh.
- Neo-Latin (Linnaeus)
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