angel-wing begonia

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   South American fibrous-rooted begonias having prominent basal leaf lobes suggesting angels' wings and racemes of coral-red flowers

   SynonymsBegonia cocchinea

   Broaderbegonia

Questions about angel-wing begonia

What does angel-wing begonia mean?

angel-wing begonia means "South American fibrous-rooted begonias having prominent basal leaf lobes suggesting angels' wings and racemes of coral-red flowers".

What is another word for angel-wing begonia?

Close synonyms include Begonia cocchinea. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is angel-wing begonia a common word?

angel-wing begonia is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.