gloxinia

See also: Gloxinia and gloxínia

English

Gloxinia, sense 1: Gloxinia perennis

Gloxinia, sense 2: Sinningia speciosa

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Etymology

From the genus name (sense 1). Sense 2 was formerly classified in that genus; senses 3 and 4 are named for their resemblance to it.

Noun

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.

Translations

a plant genus

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