gloxinia

Meaning

Noun

• Any of the three species of South American plants of the genera Gloxinia in family Gesneriaceae.
• Brazilian gloxinia (Sinningia speciosa (species)), a plant species formerly classified in the genus Gloxinia, in the family Gesneriaceae.
• creeping gloxinia (Lophospermum erubescens (species)), in the family Plantaginaceae.
• hardy gloxinia (Incarvillea delavayi (species)), in the family Bignoniaceae.

Origin

• From the genus name.