sinningia
[ si-nin-jee-uh ]
/ sɪˈnɪn dʒi ə /
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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.
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Origin of sinningia
<New Latin (1825), after Wilhelm Sinning (1794–1874), German horticulturist; see -ia
Words nearby sinningia
sink or swim, sink through the floor, sinless, sinner, Sinn Fein, sinningia, sino-, sinoatrial, sinoatrial block, sinoatrial node, sinoauricular
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