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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. any of several plants of the genera Gloxinia or Sinningia (greenhouse gloxinias) having showy bell-shaped flowers;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Gloxinia \Glox*in"i*a\, n. [NL.] (Bot.) American genus of herbaceous plants with very handsome bell-shaped blossoms; -- named after B. P. Gloxin, a German botanist. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

gloxinia n 1: any of several plants of the genera Gloxinia or Sinningia (greenhouse gloxinias) having showy bell-shaped flowers