begonia
any tropical plant belonging to the genus Begonia, including species cultivated for the handsome, succulent leaves and waxy flowers.
Origin of begonia
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How to use begonia in a sentence
Among foliage plants such things as coleus, dusty miller, begonia, and some geraniums are adaptable.
The Practical Garden-Book | C. E. HunnThe begonia leaf may be treated in various other ways and still give good results.
The Practical Garden-Book | C. E. Hunnbegonia leaves, however, will throw out young plants from the main veins when these veins or ribs are cut.
The Practical Garden-Book | C. E. HunnMr. Herbert Spencer (speaking of the reproduction, by budding, of a begonia-leaf) recognizes a power of the kind.
On the Genesis of Species | St. George MivartBut any leaf of begonia can be made to develop into a new plant, giving rise to germ-cells.
The Whence and the Whither of Man | John Mason Tyler
British Dictionary definitions for begonia
/ (bɪˈɡəʊnjə) /
any plant of the genus Begonia, of warm and tropical regions, widely cultivated for their ornamental leaves and waxy flowers: family Begoniaceae
Origin of begonia
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