gloxinia

American  

[glok-sin-ee-uh] / glɒkˈsɪn i ə /

noun

1. any of several horticultural varieties of a plant belonging to the genus Sinningia, of the gesneria family, especially S. speciosa, having large white, red, or purple bell-shaped flowers.

2. any plant of the genus Gloxinia, of Central and South America, having bluish, white, or pink flowers.

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gloxinia British  

/ ɡlɒkˈsɪnɪə /

noun

1. any of several tropical plants of the genus Sinningia, esp the South American S. speciosa, cultivated for its large white, red, or purple bell-shaped flowers: family Gesneriaceae

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Etymology

Origin of gloxinia

Named after Benjamin P. Gloxin (flourished 1785), German physician and botanist; -ia

Example Sentences

After dinner, when Frau von Leskjewitsch has carried her cousin off to the greenhouse to show him her now gloxinias, the major chances to go into the drawing-room, which he supposes empty.

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While this has yet to fully manifest itself in the density of adult gloxinia populations on the mainland, the researchers found 55% fewer juvenile plants per adult plant on the mainland vis-à-vis the islands.

From BBC

I wish you could see our garden at home, full of lovely geraniums and fuchsias and lobelias, and the orchids and gloxinias in the conservatory.

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John, I have been showing Mr. Campion your gloxinias.

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"I picked off my gloxinias and gave 'em all to Willard."

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