achimenes
any of several tropical American herbs of the genus Achimenes, cultivated for their showy, tubular flowers.
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achimenes are stove bulbs and cannot be grown without a sufficiency of heat.
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British Dictionary definitions for achimenes
/ (ˌækɪˈmiːniːz) /
any plant of the tropical S American tuberous-rooted perennial genus Achimenes, with showy red, blue, or white tubular flowers, some of which are grown as greenhouse plants: family Gesneriaceae
Origin of achimenes
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