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REX BEGONIA
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I. (noun)
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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
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("rex 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)