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单词 gloxinia
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
glox•in•i•a  (glok sin′ē ə),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Plant Biologyany of several horticultural varieties of a plant belonging to the genus Sinningia, of the gesneria family, esp. S. speciosa, having large white, red, or purple bell-shaped flowers.
  2. Plant Biologyany plant of the genus Gloxinia, of Central and South America, having bluish, white, or pink flowers.
  • see -ia named after Benjamin P. Gloxin (fl. 1785), German physician and botanist

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
gloxinia /ɡlɒkˈsɪnɪə/ n
  1. any of several tropical plants of the genus Sinningia, esp the South American S. speciosa, cultivated for its large white, red, or purple bell-shaped flowers: family Gesneriaceae
Etymology: 19th Century: named after Benjamin P. Gloxin, 18th-century German physician and botanist who first described it
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