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n. - Any plant of a particular genus having showy bell-shaped flowers that resemble gloxinias.

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  • Gloxinias, known botanically as Sinningia speciosa, are members of the gesneriad family, as are African violets, episcias, achimenes, and many other popular houseplants.
  • Such a tiger-lily on my table, and the pretty delicate achimenes, and the stephanotis climbing up the verandah, and a bignonia by its side, with honeysuckle all over the...
  • For example, Anthony Parsons 'passion was “the improvement of various florists’ flowers” and his pioneering work his work on dahlias, pansies, verbenas, petunias, hollyhocks...
  • Cannas, agapanthus, gingers, callas, elephant ears, achimenes, philodendrons, bird-of-paradise, crinums, hymenocallis, clivia and amaryllis fall into this category.
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