"begonia" meaning in English

See begonia in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /bəˈɡəʊniː.ə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /bəˈɡoʊni.ə/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-begonia.wav Forms: begonias [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊniə Etymology: Borrowed from French bégonia, named after Michel Bégon (1638–1710), French governor of Saint-Domingue. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|bégonia}} French bégonia Head templates: {{en-noun}} begonia (plural begonias)
  1. Any plant of the large genus of Begonia. Wikipedia link: Michel Bégon, Saint-Domingue, begonia Categories (lifeform): Cucurbitales order plants, Flowers Derived forms: New Zealand begonia, star begonia, strawberry begonia Translations (plants of the genus Begonia): begônia [feminine] (Brazilian Portuguese), begònia [feminine] (Catalan), begonie [feminine] (Czech), begónie [feminine] (Czech), begonia [feminine] (Dutch), begonio (Esperanto), begoonia (Estonian), begónia [feminine] (European Portuguese), begonia (Finnish), bégonia [masculine] (French), begonia [feminine] (Galician), Begonie [feminine] (German), μπιγκόνια (bigkónia) [feminine] (Greek), begonya (Haitian Creole), begónia (Hungarian), begonia [feminine] (Italian), begonia (Malay), ബിഗോനിയ (bigōniya) (Malayalam), Begonje [feminine] (Plautdietsch), begonia (Polish), achanqaray (Quechua), begonie [feminine] (Romanian), бего́ния (begónija) (Russian), begonia [feminine] (Spanish), begonia [common-gender] (Swedish), bigonya (Tagalog), begonya (Turkish), бегонія (behonija) (Ukrainian), begonija (Upper Sorbian), thu hải đường (Vietnamese)

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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "plants of the genus Begonia",
      "word": "begonya"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "behonija",
      "sense": "plants of the genus Begonia",
      "word": "бегонія"
    },
    {
      "code": "hsb",
      "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
      "sense": "plants of the genus Begonia",
      "word": "begonija"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "plants of the genus Begonia",
      "word": "thu hải đường"
    }
  ],
  "word": "begonia"
}

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