'Gloxinia' definitions:

Definition of 'gloxinia'

From: WordNet
noun
Any of several plants of the genera Gloxinia or Sinningia (greenhouse gloxinias) having showy bell-shaped flowers

Definition of 'Gloxinia'

From: GCIDE
  • Gloxinia \Glox*in"i*a\, n. [NL.] (Bot.) American genus of herbaceous plants with very handsome bell-shaped blossoms; -- named after B. P. Gloxin, a German botanist. [1913 Webster]