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Begonia

Be-go′ni-a

(bē̍-gō′nĭ-ȧ)
,
Noun.
[From Michel
Begon
, a promoter of botany.]
(Bot.)
A genus of plants, mostly of tropical America, many species of which are grown as ornamental plants. The leaves are curiously one-sided, and often exhibit brilliant colors.

Definition 2024


Begonia

Begonia

Translingual

Begonia flowers

Proper noun

Begonia f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Begoniaceae – the begonias.

Hypernyms

Hypernyms

  • (genus): For the hundreds of species, organized by section see Begonia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

References

  1. Erhardt, Walter & Götz, Erich & Bödeker, Nils & Seybold, Siegmund, Zander. Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen. Dictionary of plant names. Dictionnaire des noms de plantes, Ulmer, 2000.
  2. Hyam, Roger & Pankhurst, Richard, Plants and their Names. A Concise Dictionary, Oxford University Press, US, 1995.

begonia

begonia

English

Begonia hiemalis

Noun

begonia (plural begonias)

  1. Any plant of the large genus of Begonia.

Translations


Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

begonia m (plural begonia's, diminutive begoniaatje n)

  1. begonia

Finnish

Noun

begonia

  1. begonia

Italian

Noun

begonia f (plural begonie)

  1. begonia

Anagrams


Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Named after Michel Bégon (1638–1710), French governor of Saint-Domingue.

Noun

begonia m (definite singular begoniaen, indefinite plural begonier or begoniaer, definite plural begoniene or begoniaene)

  1. a begonia (flowering plant of genus Begonia, family Begoniaceae)

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Named after Michel Bégon (1638–1710), French governor of Saint-Domingue.

Noun

begonia m (definite singular begoniaen, indefinite plural begoniaar or begoniaer, definite plural begoniaane or begoniaene)

  1. a begonia (flowering plant of genus Begonia, family Begoniaceae)

References


Polish

Noun

begonia f

  1. begonia

Declension


Spanish

Noun

begonia f (plural begonias)

  1. begonia

Swedish

Noun

begonia c

  1. begonia (flower)

Declension

Inflection of begonia 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative begonia begonian begonior begoniorna
Genitive begonias begonians begoniors begoniornas