begonia

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a plant of the genus Begonia, often grown for its colorful flowers or ornamental asymmetrical leaves

   A red begonia brightened the shaded windowsill.

From New Latin Begonia, named in the seventeenth century by the botanist Charles Plumier in honor of Michel Bégon, a French official and patron of botany.

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