Dictionary entry

Begonia

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Be‐go″ni‐a (bē̍‐gō″nĭ‐ȧ), n. [From Michel Begon, a promoter of botany.] (Bot.) A genus of plants, mostly of tropical America, many species of which are grown as ornamental plants. The leaves are curiously one-sided, and often exhibit brilliant colors.