gloxinia


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
gloxinia /glɒkˈsɪnɪə/
noun a tropical American plant with large, velvety, bell-shaped flowers. [Genera Gloxinia and Sinningia: several species.]
– origin mod. L., named after the 18th-cent. German botanist Benjamin P. Gloxin.
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