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Gloxinia

Gloxinia Meaning & Definition
Gloxinia Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Gloxinia?

[n] any of several plants of the genera Gloxinia or Sinningia (greenhouse gloxinias) having showy bell-shaped flowers

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See Also | Canterbury bell | family Gesneriaceae | florist's gloxinia | gesneria family | Gesneriaceae | Gloxinia perennis | Gloxinia spesiosa | houseplant | Sinningia speciosa

Gloxinia In Webster's Dictionary

\Glox*in"i*a\, n. [NL.] (Bot.) American genus of herbaceous plants with very handsome bell-shaped blossoms; -- named after B. P. Gloxin, a German botanist.

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