Look up: gesneria

1. gesneria
   [n] - any plant of the genus Gesneria
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2. gesneria
   gesneria (gesnir'ēu) , common name for some members of the Gesneriaceae, a family of chiefly tropical and subtropical perennial herbs and shrubs with showy blossoms. The best-known members of the family are the African violets (most of which are hybrids of Saintpaulia ionantha), cultivated...
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3. Gesneria
   `Gesneria` is a genus of approximately 50 species in the flowering plant family Gesneriaceae. Except for two or three odd South American species, all are native to islands of the Caribbean. The genus is classified in the tribe Gesnerieae along with the genera Bellonia, Pheidonocarpa...
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