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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.