n.
Any of various tropical or subtropical plants of the genus Begonia, widely cultivated as ornamentals for their usually asymmetrical, brightly colored leaves.
[New Latin Begonia, genus name, after Michel Bégon (1638-1710), French governor in the West Indies.]
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