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BEGONIA SEMPERFLORENS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Begonia semperflorens mean?
• BEGONIA SEMPERFLORENS (noun)
The noun BEGONIA SEMPERFLORENS has 1 sense:
1. hybrid fibrous-rooted begonia having broad-ovate green to bronze-red leaves and small clusters of white or pink or red flowers; widely used as a bedding plant
Familiarity information: BEGONIA SEMPERFLORENS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BEGONIA SEMPERFLORENS (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Hybrid fibrous-rooted begonia having broad-ovate green to bronze-red leaves and small clusters of white or pink or red flowers; widely used as a bedding plant
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Begonia semperflorens; wax begonia
Hypernyms ("Begonia semperflorens" is a kind of...):
begonia (any of numerous plants of the genus Begonia grown for their attractive glossy asymmetrical leaves and colorful flowers in usually terminal cymes or racemes)
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