noun
small genus of tropical American herbs with leafy stems and axillary flowers
• Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Gesneriaceae, ↑family Gesneriaceae, ↑gesneria family
• Member Meronyms: ↑Canterbury bell, ↑Gloxinia perennis
Useful english dictionary. 2012.