begonia
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1. any of numerous plants of the genus Begonia grown for their attractive glossy asymmetrical leaves and colorful flowers in usually terminal cymes or racemes (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | flower, |
| definition | : | a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | fibrous-rooted begonia, |
| definition | : | any of numerous begonias having fibrous rather than tuberous or rhizomatous roots (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | tuberous begonia, |
| definition | : | any of numerous begonias having large tuberous roots (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | rhizomatous begonia, |
| definition | : | any of numerous begonias having prominent shaggy creeping stems or rhizomes (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | angel-wing begonia, begonia cocchinea, |
| definition | : | South American fibrous-rooted begonias having prominent basal leaf lobes suggesting angels' wings and racemes of coral-red flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | begonia semperflorens, wax begonia, |
| definition | : | hybrid fibrous-rooted begonia having broad-ovate green to bronze-red leaves and small clusters of white or pink or red flowers; widely used as a bedding plant (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | genus begonia, |
| definition | : | large genus of tropical succulent plants widely cultivated (noun.plant) |
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