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    PAINTED-LEAF BEGONIA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Any of numerous usually rhizomatous hybrid begonias derived from an East Indian plant having rough-textured leaves patterned in silver and bronze and purple and red-brown with inconspicuous flowersplay

    Synonyms:

    beefsteak geranium; Begonia rex; king begonia; painted-leaf begonia; rex begonia

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("painted-leaf begonia" is a kind of...):

    begonia (any of numerous plants of the genus Begonia grown for their attractive glossy asymmetrical leaves and colorful flowers in usually terminal cymes or racemes)

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