Definition of "gloxinia" in Englisch

noun

1. Any of the three species of South American plants of the genera Gloxinia in family Gesneriaceae.

2. Brazilian gloxinia (Sinningia speciosa), a plant species formerly classified in the genus Gloxinia, in the family Gesneriaceae.

3. Creeping gloxinia (Lophospermum erubescens), in the family Plantaginaceae.

4. Hardy gloxinia (Incarvillea delavayi), in the family Bignoniaceae.