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TUBEROUS BEGONIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tuberous begonia mean?
• TUBEROUS BEGONIA (noun)
The noun TUBEROUS BEGONIA has 1 sense:
1. any of numerous begonias having large tuberous roots
Familiarity information: TUBEROUS BEGONIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of numerous begonias having large tuberous roots
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("tuberous 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)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tuberous begonia"):
Begonia tuberhybrida; hybrid tuberous begonia (any of numerous hybrid begonias having tuberous roots and variously colored flowers)
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