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Begonia  n.  (Bot.) A genus of plants, mostly of tropical America, many species of which are grown as ornamental plants. The leaves are curiously one-sided, and often exhibit brilliant colors.





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"Begonia" Quotes from Famous Books



... guests, for their smell is bad enough, and they blister when imprudently touched. There also you may see a tree-fern, though a small one. Nearer to us, and low down beneath our feet, that rich panicle of flowers belongs to a Begonia; and here also is an assemblage of ferns of the genera Asplenium, Hymenophyllum, and Trichomanes, as well as of Hepaticae and Mosses. But what are those yellow and purple flowers hanging above our heads? They are Bignonias and Mucunas—creepers ...
— At Last • Charles Kingsley
... length of both sides extended covered passages, connected with each other; while in the court were laid out several rockeries. In one quarter were planted a number of banana trees; on the opposite stood a plant of begonia from Hsi Fu. Its appearance was like an open umbrella. The gossamer hanging (from its branches) resembled golden threads. The corollas (seemed) ...
— Hung Lou Meng, Book I • Cao Xueqin
... to, Josiah, but," sez I dreamily: "I would love to git some slips of them fuchia and begonia trees, and that jasmine," sez I, pintin' up to the emerald waves of foliage enriched by them I have named, and as many other glowin' with perfume and beauty as there are stars in the heavens, or so it seemed to me. Sez I: "What a show I ...
— Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife • Marietta Holley


Words linked to "Begonia" :   genus Begonia, star begonia, begonia family, Begonia feastii, Begonia cheimantha, Socotra begonia, beefsteak begonia, wax begonia, kidney begonia, Begonia heracleifolia, beefsteak geranium, rex begonia, tuberous begonia, angel-wing begonia, fibrous-rooted begonia, Christmas begonia, star-leaf begonia, painted-leaf begonia, maple-leaf begonia, grape-leaf begonia, Begonia semperflorens, Begonia cocchinea, Begonia rex, hybrid tuberous begonia, rhizomatous begonia, flower, Begonia tuberhybrida, Begonia socotrana


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