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Begonia

noun

Any of numerous plants of the genus Begonia grown for their attractive glossy asymmetrical leaves and colorful flowers in usually terminal cymes or racemes.

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... boys shall carry you down. All right," he cried as a bugle rang out from below with the recall; and by that time the little group were surrounded by some twenty of the active Ghoorkhas, for the most part with a begonia-leaved kukri in hand, laughing, chattering, and ready to dance with delight around the two British ...

— Fix Bay'nets - The Regiment in the Hills • George Manville Fenn

... Begonia: Its History and Cultivation. Second Edition, with list of best varieties to 1897. The best and most comprehensive work on this grand "Flower of the Future." Twenty-five Illustrations. Price, 1s.; by post, ...

— Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs • A. D. Webster

Words linked to "Begonia" : flower, beefsteak geranium