GLOXINIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gloxinia mean? 

• GLOXINIA (noun)
  The noun GLOXINIA has 1 sense:

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GLOXINIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("gloxinia" is a kind of...):

houseplant (any of a variety of plants grown indoors for decorative purposes)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gloxinia"):

Canterbury bell; Gloxinia perennis (herb of Colombia to Peru having pale purple flowers)

florist's gloxinia; Gloxinia spesiosa; Sinningia speciosa (South American herb cultivated in many varieties as a houseplant for its large handsome leaves and large variously colored bell-shaped flowers)

Holonyms ("gloxinia" is a member of...):

family Gesneriaceae; gesneria family; Gesneriaceae (large family of tropical herbs or shrubs or lianas; in some classification systems placed in the order Scrophulariales)