Rozella

See also: rozella

Translingual

Etymology

From French Roze (surname) +‎ -ella (feminine diminutive suffix), named after French botanist Ernest Henri Roze. The name is sometimes erroneously claimed to come from American herpetologist Rozella B. Smith, who was born in 1911, thirty-nine years after the taxon's publication.

Coined by French botanist Maxime Cornu in 1872.

Pronunciation

• English:
  • (US) IPA^(key): /ɹoʊˈzɛ.lə/
  • Rhymes: -ɛlə

Proper noun

Rozella f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Rozellaceae – certain endoparasitic fungi.

Derived terms

• Rozellaceae
• Rozellales
• Rozellomyceta
• Rozellomycetes
• Rozellomycota
• Rozellomycotina

Descendants

• → Mandarin: 羅茲菌 / 罗兹菌 (Luózī jūn) (partial calque)
• → English: rozella
• → Japanese: ロゼラ (rozera)

See also

• Rozella on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Rozella on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Rozella on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons