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UK
/bɪɡˈəʊniə/
]
[ US /bɪˈɡoʊnjə/ ]
[ US /bɪˈɡoʊnjə/ ]
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
How To Use begonia In A Sentence
- Rotate showy plants, such as orchids, begonias, and bromeliads, into your garden for color all year.
- The plants I am going to use include begonias, impatiens and verbenas, which should produce solid mounds and balls of colour.
- Follow it past the post office, past the chipper, past the strange shop with the begonias in the window.
- We often went to the park for picnics, sitting on the cannon in the sun, marvelling at the dewy luminescence of the bleeding heart begonias in the steamy green light of the conservatory.
- Today's tuberous begonias are highly bred plants of South American ancestry.
- Cathy had brought over a large red begonia in bloom and some homemade cookies. The Memory Palace
- Late flowering annuals and half-hardy perennials, like Rudbeckia, Nicotiana, Chrysanthemum and Argyranthemum come into their own now, along with tuberous plants like Begonia, Dahlia and Canna.
- But this year, why not chuck out the chintzy trailing lobelias, begonias, marigolds and petunias, and go for something a little more unusual?
- Annuals, such as impatiens, coleus and begonias that are still growing strong can be encouraged to continue blooming with regular watering and feeding. Local News from Tuscaloosa News
- Brightly coloured violas and begonias peek from every possible spot of dirt.