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sinningia
[ si-nin-jee-uh ]
noun
- any of various tropical American plants belonging to the genus Sinningia, of the gesneria family, including the gloxinia and other species cultivated as houseplants for their variously colored flowers.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sinningia1
< New Latin (1825), after Wilhelm Sinning (1794–1874), German horticulturist; -ia
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