GLOXINIA: Dictionary Entry and Meaning
| Pronunciation: | | glâk'sineeu
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| Matching Terms: | | Gloxinia perennis, Gloxinia spesiosa
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | [n] any of several plants of the genera Gloxinia or Sinningia (greenhouse gloxinias) having showy bell-shaped flowers |
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| | See Also: | | Canterbury bell, family Gesneriaceae, florist's gloxinia, gesneria family, Gesneriaceae, Gloxinia perennis, Gloxinia spesiosa, houseplant, Sinningia speciosa | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Glox*in"i*a\, n. [NL.] (Bot.)
American genus of herbaceous plants with very handsome
bell-shaped blossoms; -- named after B. P. Gloxin, a German
botanist.
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