noun

• A tropical American plant with large, velvety, bell-shaped flowers.

  Genera Gloxinia and Sinningia, family Gesneriaceae: several species, in particular the florists' gloxinia (S. speciosa), which is a popular houseplant

  ‘Some of my favorite windowsill plants include many varieties of trailing ivy, African violets, primroses, pansies and violets, geraniums, gloxinias, cyclamens, coleus, kalonchoes, peperomias, and heartleaf philodendrons.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘Usually a gloxinia can be kept as an indoor plant, but the ones from seed do not have the strength to grow another year.’
  • ‘African violets, gloxinias and achimenes are beautiful when in bloom, but pretty dull otherwise.’
  • ‘Start begonias, caladiums, callas, cannas, dahlias, gladiolus, and hardy gloxinias in pots indoors on a sunny windowsill.’
  • ‘Temperate flowers such as gloxinia, tuberous rooted begonia, altromaria and liluims will be showcased.’