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gloxinia
CIDE DICTIONARY
gloxinia, n. [NL.].
American genus of herbaceous plants with very handsome bell-shaped blossoms; -- named after B. P. Gloxin, a German botanist. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
gloxinia, n. any tropical plant of the genus Gloxinia, native to S. America, with large bell flowers of various colours.
Etymology
mod.L f. B. P. Gloxin, 18th-c. Ger. botanist
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