begonia
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Any of numerous plants of the genus Begonia grown for their attractive glossy asymmetrical leaves and colorful flowers in usually terminal cymes or racemes (synset 112380625)
is a type of: flower - a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossomssubtypes:
- fibrous-rooted begonia - any of numerous begonias having fibrous rather than tuberous or rhizomatous roots
- tuberous begonia - any of numerous begonias having large tuberous roots
- rhizomatous begonia - any of numerous begonias having prominent shaggy creeping stems or rhizomes
- begonia cheimantha, blooming-fool begonia, christmas begonia - hybrid winter-blooming begonia grown for its many large pink flowers
- angel-wing begonia, begonia cocchinea - South American fibrous-rooted begonias having prominent basal leaf lobes suggesting angels' wings and racemes of coral-red flowers
- begonia dregei, grape-leaf begonia, maple-leaf begonia - tuberous or semi-tuberous South African begonia having shallowly lobed ovate leaves and small white flowers
- beefsteak begonia, begonia erythrophylla, begonia feastii, kidney begonia - rhizomatous begonia with roundish fleshy leaves reddish colored beneath
- begonia heracleifolia, star begonia, star-leaf begonia - rhizomatous begonia having leaves with pointed lobes suggestive of stars and pink flowers
- beefsteak geranium, begonia rex, king begonia, painted-leaf begonia, rex begonia - 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 flowers
- begonia semperflorens, wax begonia - hybrid fibrous-rooted begonia having broad-ovate green to bronze-red leaves and small clusters of white or pink or red flowers; widely used as a bedding plant
- begonia socotrana, socotra begonia - semi-tuberous begonia having peltate leaves and rose-pink flowers; Yemen
belongs to: genus begonia - large genus of tropical succulent plants widely cultivated
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