Definition
A type of tall, woolly plant found in the Andes Mountains with large rosettes of hairy leaves, scientifically called Espeletia.
Etymology
Spanish 'frailejon' is a diminutive form of 'fraile' (friar), combining the religious term with the diminutive suffix '-jon'. Named because the plant's appearance was fancied to resemble a friar or monk in robes.
Kelly Says
It's amazing that Andean botanists named this plant 'little friar'—the hairy rosette of leaves really does look like a monk wrapped in woolly robes standing in the mountains! This shows how people create nature names through imaginative comparisons.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
ፍሬልእጁን
fre-le-ju-n
ARالعربية
فراليجون
far-a-li-joon
BNবাংলা
ফ্রেইলেজোন
frai-le-jon
CACatalà
frailejón
frai-le-jon
CSČeština
frailejón
frai-le-jon
DADansk
frailejón
frai-le-jon
DEDeutsch
frailejón
frai-le-jon
ELΕλληνικά
frailejón
frai-le-jon
ESEspañol
frailejón
frai-le-chon
FAفارسی
frailejón
frai-le-jon
FISuomi
frailejón
frai-le-jon
FRFrançais
frailejón
frai-le-jon
GUGU
ફ્રેઈલેજોન
fra-i-le-jon
HAHA
frailejón
frai-le-jon
HEעברית
frailejón
frai-le-jon
HIहिन्दी
फ्रेलेजोन
fra-le-jon
HUMagyar
frailejón
frai-le-jon
IDBahasa Indonesia
frailejon
frai-le-jon
IGIG
frailejón
frai-le-jon
ITItaliano
frailejón
frai-le-jon
JA日本語
フライルジョン
furairu jon
KKKK
фрайлехон
frai-le-xon
KMKM
ហ្វ្រែលជូន
h-frae-l-joon
KO한국어
프레일리존
peurei-ri-jon
MRMR
फ्रेयलेजॉन
fra-i-le-jon
MSBahasa Melayu
frailejón
frai-le-jon
MYမြန်မာ
ဖြိုးလိယွန်
h-pyo-lei-yun
NLNederlands
frailejón
frai-le-jon
NONorsk
frailejón
frai-le-jon
PAPA
ਫ੍ਰੇਇਲੇਜੋਨ
fra-i-le-jon
PLPolski
frailejón
frai-le-jon
PTPortuguês
frailejón
frai-le-jon
RORomână
frailejón
frai-le-jon
RUРусский
фрайлехон
frai-le-xon
SVSvenska
frailejón
frai-le-jon
SWKiswahili
frailejón
frai-le-jon
TAதமிழ்
ஃப்ரேயில்ஜான்
fra-i-l-ja-n
TEతెలుగు
ఫ్రైలేజోన్
frai-le-jon
THไทย
แฟรอยเลจอน
fa-roi-le-jon
TLTL
frailejón
frai-le-jon
TRTürkçe
frailejon
frai-le-jon
UKУкраїнська
фрайлехон
frai-le-xon
URاردو
فرالیجون
far-a-li-joon
VITiếng Việt
frailejón
frai-le-jon
YOYO
frailejón
frai-le-jon
ZUZU
frailejón
frai-le-jon