gloxinia

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

gloxinia
    n 1: any of several plants of the genera Gloxinia or Sinningia
         (greenhouse gloxinias) having showy bell-shaped flowers

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Gloxinia \Glox*in"i*a\, n. [NL.] (Bot.)
   American genus of herbaceous plants with very handsome
   bell-shaped blossoms; -- named after B. P. Gloxin, a German
   botanist.
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