noun
genus of perennial tuberous herbs and shrubs of Central and South America
• Syn: ↑genus Sinningia
• Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Gesneriaceae, ↑family Gesneriaceae, ↑gesneria family
• Member Meronyms: ↑florist's gloxinia, ↑Sinningia speciosa, ↑Gloxinia spesiosa
Useful english dictionary. 2012.