Rochean.
/ˈrəʊʃɪə/, /ˈrɒʃɪə/, U.S. /ˈroʊʃiə/, /ˈrɔʃiə/ A genus of southern African succulent plants of the family Crassulaceae (now usually included in Crassula), which have leathery leaves and clusters of white, pink, or red flowers; (also rochea) a plant of this genus, esp. one grown for ornament.
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Rochea1819
echeveria1840
snake plant1883
zygocactus1950
mother-in-law's tongue1958
1819 Curtis's Bot. Mag. 44 §2035 The eminent botanist M. Decandolle..has separated this species [sc. Crassula falcata] and Crassula coccinea from the rest and erected them into a new genus under the name of Rochea.
1881 P. Henderson Henderson's Handbk. Plants 191 Rochea. Named after M. de la Roche, a botanical writer.
1932 A. J. Macself Amateur's Greenhouse xi. 253 Hybrid Kalosanthes or Rocheas in white, rose, etc., are similar in habit.
1955 V. Higgins tr. A. Bertrand Indoor Plants 84 Rochea... For some years now the florists have offered this attractive plant on Mother's Day.
1986 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald Amer. 16 Nov. (Stars Mag.) 33/3 Many kinds of succulents are naturally at home in humid climates, as some species of Sedum, Kalanchoe, Rochea and other Crassulaceae.
2000 D. Court Succulent Flora S. Afr. (rev. ed.) iii. 81/1 Even when classified under Rochea this beautiful species was known as the ‘scarlet crassula’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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