Begonia cheimantha
- noun
- Specialized
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begonia cheimantha
- The Begonia cheimantha produces abundant pink blooms even in the cold months of winter.
Examples
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Gardeners appreciate Begonia cheimantha for its resilience and vibrant winter flowers.
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She decorated her living room with pots of Begonia cheimantha to brighten the space during the holidays.
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I bought a beautiful Begonia cheimantha for my living room.
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The Begonia cheimantha blooms all winter long.
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Gardeners appreciate Begonia cheimantha for its resilience and vibrant winter flowers.
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The Begonia cheimantha produces abundant pink blooms even in the cold months of winter.
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She decorated her living room with pots of Begonia cheimantha to brighten the space during the holidays.
Synonyms
A begonia with many large pink flowers that blooms in winter
A plant with many large pink flowers that blooms in winter and people keep indoors
Surface Forms
Morphology
Begonia + cheimantha
Knowing 'Begonia' makes the overall phrase identifiable as a type or variety of begonia (a plant), but 'cheimantha' is an opaque specific epithet not found in dictionaries and conveys no describable meaning to learners. Thus the lexical composition yields the category transparently but the detailed properties (hybrid, winter-blooming, pink flowers) are not predictable without prior botanical knowledge.
Etymology
Begonia cheimantha is a name that mixes a person's name and a Greek image. The word Begonia was given for the French plant collector Michel Bégon, and cheimantha may come from Greek words for 'winter' and 'flower', so the name paints the picture of a begonia that blooms in winter with many pink flowers.
