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gloxinia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.31 in modern English

Syllables
glox-inia
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the three species of South American plants of the genera Gloxinia in family Gesneriaceae.

noun

Brazilian gloxinia (Sinningia speciosa), a plant species formerly classified in the genus Gloxinia, in the family Gesneriaceae.

noun

Creeping gloxinia (Lophospermum erubescens), in the family Plantaginaceae.

noun

Hardy gloxinia (Incarvillea delavayi), in the family Bignoniaceae.

Etymology

From the genus name (sense 1). Sense 2 was formerly classified in that genus; senses 3 and 4 are named for their resemblance to it.

Inflected Forms

gloxinias (plural)

Questions

What does gloxinia mean?
Any of the three species of South American plants of the genera Gloxinia in family Gesneriaceae.
Where does gloxinia come from?
From the genus name (sense 1). Sense 2 was formerly classified in that genus; senses 3 and 4 are named for their resemblance to it.

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