| 单词 | gesneria |
| 释义 | gesneria in British English (ɡɛsˈnɪərɪə, dʒɛs-) noun any plant of the mostly tuberous-rooted S American genus Gesneria, grown as a greenhouse plant for its large leaves and showy tubular flowers in a range of bright colours: family Gesneriaceae Word origin named after Conrad Gesner, 1516–65, Swiss naturalistgesneria in American English (dʒɛsˈnɪriə; gɛsˈnɪriə) adjective designating a tropical family (Gesneriaceae, order Scrophulariales) of woody or fleshy dicotyledonous plants with showy tubular flowers, including the African violets, the gloxinias, and the episcias Derived forms gesneriad (gesˈneriad) adjective, noun Word origin ModL, after K. V. Gesner (1516-65), Swiss naturalist |
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