sinningia

[ 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.

Words nearby sinningia

sinkless, sinless, sinn fein, sinn féin, sinner, sinningia, sino-, sino-japanese war, sino-tibetan, sinoatrial, sinoatrial block

Origin of sinningia

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