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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 flowersplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GLOXINIA PERENNIS (noun)


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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