Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various tropical or subtropical plants of the genus Begonia, widely cultivated as ornamentals for showy brightly colored flowers.
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- noun Any plant of the large
genus ofBegonia .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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A curve of lawn with a driveway, two-car garage, liriope and begonia planted on the sidewalks in summer, decorative purple cabbages and winter pansies from greenhouses in fall.
For the Sake of the Boy Ramola D 2011
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Cathy had brought over a large red begonia in bloom and some homemade cookies.
The Memory Palace Mira Bartók 2011
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Kristin: "don't forget to smell the rosies" - from a botanist's view, the flowers being smelt are of a begonia.
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Nonetheless, when the opportunity arose to have tea at the Regency Hotel Tuesday afternoon with Marge Ternes, the reigning grand dame of Park Avenue's malls, I was hopeful the opportunity would arise to raise the begonia question.
Bemoaning the Begonias Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011
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A celebrity among horticulturalists, he's even got a new kind of begonia named after him, Begonia blancii, after discovering it two years ago while trekking through a rainforest in the Philippines.
The Green Man Whose Gardens Defy Gravity Julia Flynn Siler 2011
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While sitting beneath those fragrant pink trumpets, Morris can gaze across the porch at this stunning 'Bonita Shea' begonia.
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They would stop to admire the begonia pots, take pictures of the walls that had been the scenes of the vengeful executions … brigades of workers had carefully erased the bullet marks.
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Cathy had brought over a large red begonia in bloom and some homemade cookies.
The Memory Palace Mira Bartók 2011
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They would stop to admire the begonia pots, take pictures of the walls that had been the scenes of the vengeful executions … brigades of workers had carefully erased the bullet marks.
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I'm not some shy begonia just off the yam truck; I'm more than happy to call a rake "a rake" and a hoe "a hoe" and play the game as directed.
nad hen j��c eto 2010
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