begonia
Meaning of begonia
noun
a herbaceous plant of warm climates, the flowers of which have brightly coloured sepals but no petals. Numerous cultivars are grown for their flowers or striking foliage.
mid 18th century: modern Latin, named in honour of the French administrator and amateur botanist Michel Bégon (1638–1710) by the botanist Charles Plumier (1646–1704), who discovered the plant on the island of Santo Domingo.
Information about begonia
- It is a name.
- The plural form of begonia is: begonias.
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GalicianHyphenation of begonia
be-go-nia
- It consists of 3 syllables and 7 chars.
- begonia is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
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