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sinningia

American

[si-nin-jee-uh] / sɪˈnɪn dʒi ə /

noun

any of various tropical American plants belonging to the genus Sinningia, of the gesneria family, including the gloxinia and other species cultivated as houseplants for their variously colored flowers.

< New Latin (1825), after Wilhelm Sinning (1794–1874), German horticulturist; see -ia

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