PAINTED-LEAF BEGONIA

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Meaning:

Any of numerous usually rhizomatous hybrid begonias derived from an East Indian plant having rough-textured leaves patterned in silver and bronze and purple and red-brown with inconspicuous flowers

Synonyms:

beefsteak geranium; Begonia rex; king begonia; painted-leaf begonia; rex begonia

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("painted-leaf begonia" is a kind of...):

begonia (any of numerous plants of the genus Begonia grown for their attractive glossy asymmetrical leaves and colorful flowers in usually terminal cymes or racemes)

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