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Definitions for Gloxinia
[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.
[3] 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
Words nearby Gloxinia
glower, glowfly, glowing, glowstick, glowworm, gloxinia, gloze, glu, glubb, gluc-, glucagon
Origin of Gloxinia
named after Benjamin P. Gloxin (flourished 1785), German physician and botanist; see -ia
Word origin for Gloxinia
C19: named after Benjamin P. Gloxin, 18th-century German physician and botanist who first described it