painted-leaf begonia
- noun
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begonia de hojas pintadas
- The painted-leaf begonia added a splash of color to her living room with its vibrant foliage.
Examples
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Gardeners prize the painted-leaf begonia for its unique leaf patterns and ease of care indoors.
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I bought a painted-leaf begonia for my sister's birthday.
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He chose a painted-leaf begonia as a centerpiece, impressed by its shimmering silver and red hues.
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The painted-leaf begonia adds color to my living room.
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Gardeners prize the painted-leaf begonia for its unique leaf patterns and ease of care indoors.
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He chose a painted-leaf begonia as a centerpiece, impressed by its shimmering silver and red hues.
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The painted-leaf begonia added a splash of color to her living room with its vibrant foliage.
Synonyms
A houseplant with rough, colorful leaves grown for how it looks
A houseplant grown for its large patterned leaves in silver, purple, and bronze
A decorative indoor plant with large rough leaves often showing silver or purple
An indoor plant with large rough leaves that have silver and red patterns and small hidden flowers
A houseplant with thick green leaves striped silver like a watermelon rind
Surface Forms
Morphology
painted-leaf + Begonia
The phrase is directly compositional: a B1 learner who knows 'painted' (having been painted), 'leaf' (plant part), and 'begonia' (a type of ornamental plant) can infer it denotes a begonia with painted or distinctively colored/patterned leaves. This formation (adjective/part + noun) is transparent and follows common descriptive noun-compounding patterns cross-linguistically, so the meaning is immediately recoverable from the constituents.
Etymology
Painted-leaf begonia is named for its leaves that look as if someone painted bright patterns and colors on them. That's why the words painted-leaf describe the look of the begonia and the name means a colorful 'houseplant'.
