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GLOXINIA PERENNIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Gloxinia perennis mean?
• GLOXINIA PERENNIS (noun)
The noun GLOXINIA PERENNIS has 1 sense:
1. herb of Colombia to Peru having pale purple flowers
Familiarity information: GLOXINIA PERENNIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Herb of Colombia to Peru having pale purple flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Canterbury bell; Gloxinia perennis
Hypernyms ("Gloxinia perennis" is a kind of...):
gloxinia (any of several plants of the genera Gloxinia or Sinningia (greenhouse gloxinias) having showy bell-shaped flowers)
Holonyms ("Gloxinia perennis" is a member of...):
genus Gloxinia (small genus of tropical American herbs with leafy stems and axillary flowers)
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