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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
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Begonia flowers
Proper noun
Begonia f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Begoniaceae – the begonias.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, eurosids I - clades; Cucurbitales - order; Begoniaceae - family
Hypernyms
- (genus): For the hundreds of species, organized by section see
Begonia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
References
- ↑ Erhardt, Walter & Götz, Erich & Bödeker, Nils & Seybold, Siegmund, Zander. Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen. Dictionary of plant names. Dictionnaire des noms de plantes, Ulmer, 2000.
- ↑ Hyam, Roger & Pankhurst, Richard, Plants and their Names. A Concise Dictionary, Oxford University Press, US, 1995.
begonia
begonia
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)
- a begonia (flowering plant of genus Begonia, family Begoniaceae)
References
- “begonia” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
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)
- a begonia (flowering plant of genus Begonia, family Begoniaceae)
References
- “begonia” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Noun
begonia f
Declension
declension of begonia
Swedish
Noun
begonia c
- begonia (flower)
Declension
Inflection of begonia | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | begonia | begonian | begonior | begoniorna |
Genitive | begonias | begonians | begoniors | begoniornas |