'Gloxinia' definitions:
Definition of 'gloxinia'
(from WordNet)
noun
Any of several plants of the genera Gloxinia or Sinningia (greenhouse gloxinias) having showy bell-shaped flowers
Definition of 'Gloxinia'
From: GCIDE
- 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]