Meaning & use
begonia
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any of a large genus of flowering plants grown for their showy blooms or ornamental leaves, popular in gardens and as houseplants
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She lined the porch with pots of bright red begonias.
Begonias thrive in shady, humid spots where many other flowering plants struggle.
A note on using this word
The genus was named in the early 1700s after Michel Bégon, a French patron of botany, and now includes well over a thousand species and cultivated varieties.
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