wax begonia

1. 1.

   hybrid fibrous-rooted begonia having broad-ovate green to bronze-red leaves and small clusters of white or pink or red flowers; widely used as a bedding plant

   SynonymsBegonia semperflorens

   Broaderbegonia

Questions about wax begonia

What does wax begonia mean?

wax begonia means "hybrid fibrous-rooted begonia having broad-ovate green to bronze-red leaves and small clusters of white or pink or red flowers; widely used as a bedding plant".

What is another word for wax begonia?

Close synonyms include Begonia semperflorens. 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 wax begonia a common word?

wax 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.