See Also: sinningia(dictionary)

Maliki (iou) and sinningia (iou)


Maliki (iou)



Maliki noun & adjective. E18.
[Arab. maliki, from Malik (see below).]
A. noun. A member of one of the four sects of Sunni Muslims, following the rite of the Muslim jurist Malik ibn Anas (713-795). E18.
b. adjective. Of or pertaining to the Malikis. L19.
Also Malikite noun & adjective M19.

sinningia (iou)



sinningia noun. E19.
[mod. Latin (see below), from Wilhelm Sinning (1794-1874), German botanist + -IA1.]
Any of various tropical American plants constituting the genus Sinningia (family Gesneriaceae), with velvety-hairy trumpet-shaped flowers; esp. S. speciosa, the parent of many varieties commonly known as gloxinias.