blooming-fool begonia
- noun
- Specialized
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begonia tonta
- The blooming-fool begonia is prized by gardeners for its striking pink blooms during winter.
Examples
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Each year, the blooming-fool begonia displays a spectacular array of flowers despite the cold weather.
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She added a blooming-fool begonia to her collection to brighten up the greenhouse.
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The blooming-fool begonia is a favorite among gardeners.
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I bought a blooming-fool begonia for my living room.
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The blooming-fool begonia is well-loved for its vibrant pink flowers that brighten winter gardens.
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In her garden, the blooming-fool begonia stands out with its large, colorful blossoms in the colder months.
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This season, the blooming-fool begonia has produced an impressive display of flowers, attracting many visitors to the greenhouse.
Synonyms
A hybrid flowering plant that blooms in winter with many large pink flowers
A plant with many large pink flowers that blooms in winter and people keep indoors
How Showy
- Specialized
- Specialized
2
6.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
blooming-fool + Begonia
The element 'blooming' (flowering) combined with 'Begonia' (a plant) makes it partly predictable that this refers to a flowering begonia, so a learner could infer a general meaning. However, 'blooming-fool' functions as a cultivar/proper name and does not transparently encode the specific traits (winter-blooming hybrid with large pink flowers), so the exact sense is not fully derivable from the parts.
Etymology
Blooming-fool begonia may get its name from the idea of blooming and fool: a plant that blooms 'foolishly', flowering a lot or at the 'wrong time' when other plants are quiet. So the name fits this begonia, which produces many large pink flowers in winter and often surprises gardeners with its blooms.