English > begonia: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | Any of numerous plants of the genus Begonia grown for their attractive glossy asymmetrical leaves and colorful flowers in usually terminal cymes or racemes. |
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| Member of | genus Begonia | large genus of tropical succulent plants widely cultivated |
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| Narrower | Christmas begonia, blooming-fool begonia, Begonia cheimantha | Hybrid winter-blooming begonia grown for its many large pink flowers |
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| Socotra begonia, Begonia socotrana | semi-tuberous begonia having peltate leaves and rose-pink flowers |
| angel-wing begonia, Begonia cocchinea | South American fibrous-rooted begonias having prominent basal leaf lobes suggesting angels' wings and racemes of coral-red flowers |
| beefsteak begonia, kidney begonia, Begonia erythrophylla, Begonia feastii | rhizomatous begonia with roundish fleshy leaves reddish colored beneath |
| fibrous-rooted begonia | Any of numerous begonias having fibrous rather than tuberous or rhizomatous roots |
| grape-leaf begonia, maple-leaf begonia, Begonia dregei | tuberous or semi-tuberous South African begonia having shallowly lobed ovate leaves and small white flowers |
| rex begonia, king begonia, painted-leaf begonia, beefsteak geranium, Begonia rex | Any of numerous usually rhizomatous hybrid begonias derived from an East Indian plant having rough-textured leaves patterned in silver and bronze and purple and red-brown with inconspicuous flowers |
| rhizomatous begonia | Any of numerous begonias having prominent shaggy creeping stems or rhizomes |
| star begonia, star-leaf begonia, Begonia heracleifolia | rhizomatous begonia having leaves with pointed lobes suggestive of stars and pink flowers |
| tuberous begonia | Any of numerous begonias having large tuberous roots |
| wax begonia, Begonia semperflorens | Hybrid fibrous-rooted begonia having broad-ovate green to bronze-red leaves and small clusters of white or pink or red flowers |
| Broader | flower | A plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms |
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| Spanish | begonia |
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| Catalan | begonia, begònia |
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