FLORIST'S GLOXINIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does florist's gloxinia mean? 

• FLORIST'S GLOXINIA (noun)
  The noun FLORIST'S GLOXINIA has 1 sense:

1. South American herb cultivated in many varieties as a houseplant for its large handsome leaves and large variously colored bell-shaped flowers

  Familiarity information: FLORIST'S GLOXINIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FLORIST'S GLOXINIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

South American herb cultivated in many varieties as a houseplant for its large handsome leaves and large variously colored bell-shaped flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

florist's gloxinia; Gloxinia spesiosa; Sinningia speciosa

Hypernyms ("florist's gloxinia" is a kind of...):

gloxinia (any of several plants of the genera Gloxinia or Sinningia (greenhouse gloxinias) having showy bell-shaped flowers)

Holonyms ("florist's gloxinia" is a member of...):

genus Sinningia; Sinningia (genus of perennial tuberous herbs and shrubs of Central and South America)