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KING BEGONIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does king begonia mean?
• KING BEGONIA (noun)
The noun KING BEGONIA has 1 sense:
1. any of numerous usually rhizomatous hybrid begonias derived from an East Indian plant having rough-textured leaves patterned in silver and bronze and purple and red-brown with inconspicuous flowers
Familiarity information: KING BEGONIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of numerous usually rhizomatous hybrid begonias derived from an East Indian plant having rough-textured leaves patterned in silver and bronze and purple and red-brown with inconspicuous flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
beefsteak geranium; Begonia rex; king begonia; painted-leaf begonia; rex begonia
Hypernyms ("king begonia" 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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