gloxinia Definition
glox·inia (gläk sin′ē ə)
noun
a cultivated tropical plant (Sinningia speciosa) of the gesneria family, with large, downy leaves and bell-shaped flowers of various colors
Etymology: ModL, after B. P. Gloxin, 18th-c. Ger botanist
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