Definition of saintpaulia in English:
saintpaulia
noun s(ə)ntˈpɔːlɪəˌsāntˈpôlēə
A plant of the genus Saintpaulia (family Gesneriaceae ), especially (in gardening) an African violet.
Example sentencesExamples
- Their 2003 catalogue lists more than 100 streptocarpus, around 40 named saintpaulias, a host of other gesneriads, coleus (now Solenostemon) and 60 begonias grown mainly for foliage.
- Saintpaulia, commonly known as African violet, is a genus of 6 species of herbaceous perennial flowering plants in the family Gesneriaceae, native to Tanzania and adjacent southeastern Kenya in eastern tropical Africa, with a concentration of species in the Nguru mountains of Tanzania.
- African violets, or Saintpaulias as they are properly known, are easy plants to grow, making them extremely popular plants - you can buy them just about everywhere, from garden centres to petrol stations.
Origin
Named after Baron W. von Saint Paul (1860–1910), the German explorer who discovered it.