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Begonia  n.  (Bot.) A genus of plants, mostly of tropical America, many species of which are grown as ornamental plants. The leaves are curiously one-sided, and often exhibit brilliant colors.





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"Begonia" Quotes from Famous Books



... Adonis[obs3], Antionous[obs3], Narcissus. peacock, butterfly; garden; flower of, pink of; bijou; jewel &c. (ornament) 847; work of art. flower, flow'ret gay[obs3], wildflower; rose[flowers: list], lily, anemone, asphodel, buttercup, crane's bill, daffodil, tulip, tiger lily, day lily, begonia, marigold, geranium, lily of the valley, ranunculus[ISA:herb@flowering], rhododendron, windflower. pleasurableness &c 829. beautifying; landscaping, landscape gardening; decoration &c. 847; calisthenics|!. ...
— Roget's Thesaurus
... and good-natured, and very red-faced with the fatigue of carrying a hideous leprous-leaved begonia she had bought; but when she saw the intimacy of the railroad, she frowned. "He'll wear out his pants, crawling round that way," she said, sharply. "Now, you get up, Jacky, and don't ...
— The Vehement Flame • Margaret Wade Campbell Deland
... disparagement of the artistic soul to say that it likes manure. Some of the most delicious and beautiful things in the world are like that, raspberries for instance, which make excellent jam, roses about which poets write, and begonias. I knew a man once who poured bedroom slops into his begonia bed every day and he had the ...
— Gossamer - 1915 • George A. Birmingham


Words linked to "Begonia" :   tuberous begonia, flower, grape-leaf begonia, beefsteak begonia, Begonia heracleifolia, begonia family, Begonia cheimantha, genus Begonia, rhizomatous begonia, Begonia cocchinea, Begonia semperflorens, Socotra begonia, Begonia socotrana, angel-wing begonia, Begonia erythrophylla, star-leaf begonia, blooming-fool begonia, painted-leaf begonia, kidney begonia, maple-leaf begonia, hybrid tuberous begonia, Begonia dregei, star begonia, wax begonia, king begonia, Begonia tuberhybrida, fibrous-rooted begonia


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