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Gloxinia

noun
1.
Any of several plants of the genera Gloxinia or Sinningia (greenhouse gloxinias) having showy bell-shaped flowers.



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"Gloxinia" Quotes from Famous Books



... the greenhouse, meanwhile, Gafferson continued to regard blankly the shrivelled, fatty leaves of the plant he had taken up. "Thorpe," he said aloud, as if addressing the tabid gloxinia—"Thorpe—yes—I remember his initials—J. S. Thorpe. Now, who's the man that told me about him? and what was it he ...
— The Market-Place • Harold Frederic


Words linked to "Gloxinia" :   family Gesneriaceae, Canterbury bell, houseplant, Sinningia speciosa, gesneria family, Gesneriaceae


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