[ glɒk'sɪnɪə ]
■ noun a tropical American plant with large, velvety, bell-shaped flowers. [Genera Gloxinia and Sinningia : several species.]
Origin
mod. L., named after the 18th-cent. German botanist Benjamin P. Gloxin .
[ glɒk'sɪnɪə ]
■ noun a tropical American plant with large, velvety, bell-shaped flowers. [Genera Gloxinia and Sinningia : several species.]
Origin
mod. L., named after the 18th-cent. German botanist Benjamin P. Gloxin .
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004