sinningia

[ si-nin-jee-uh ]

noun

1. 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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sinningia¹

< New Latin (1825), after Wilhelm Sinning (1794–1874), German horticulturist; -ia

Example Sentences

The species has given rise under cultivation to numerous forms showing a wonderful variety of colour, and hybrid forms have also been obtained between these and other species of Sinningia.

From Project Gutenberg

Occasionally the enlargement may be due to a fusion or incorporation of other elements; thus, M. Lemaire describes an instance in which the style of Sinningia purpurea was much larger than ordinary, tubular, bearing three small lobes, and altogether bearing much resemblance to the column or "gynosteme" of Orchids.

From Project Gutenberg