gloxinia

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See also: Gloxinia and gloxínia

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Etymology[edit]

From the genus name.

Noun[edit]

gloxinia (plural gloxinias)

  1. Any of the three species of South American plants of the genera Gloxinia in family Gesneriaceae.
  2. Brazilian gloxinia (Sinningia speciosa), a plant species formerly classified in the genus Gloxinia, in the family Gesneriaceae.
  3. Creeping gloxinia (Lophospermum erubescens), in the family Plantaginaceae.
  4. Hardy gloxinia (Incarvillea delavayi), in the family Bignoniaceae.

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