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Webster 1913 Edition
Gloxinia
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Glox-in′i-a
,Noun.
[NL.]
(Bot.)
American genus of herbaceous plants with very handsome bell-shaped blossoms; – named after B. P. Gloxin, a German botanist.
Definition 2024
Gloxinia
Gloxinia
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Translingual
Proper noun
Gloxinia f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Gesneriaceae – three species of tropical rhizomatous herbs.
gloxinia
gloxinia
See also: Gloxinia
English
Noun
gloxinia (plural gloxinias)
- Any of several South American plants (of the genus Gloxinia or Sinningia) that have showy, colourful flowers