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Definition of Rex begonia

1. Noun. Any of numerous usually rhizomatous hybrid begonias derived from an East Indian plant having rough-textured leaves patterned in silver and bronze and purple and red-brown with inconspicuous flowers.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rex Begonia

Literary usage of Rex begonia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The School Garden Book by Clarence Moores Weed, Philip Emerson (1911)
"... plants after some months, being transferred, of course, to soil when the root system is sufficiently developed. rex begonia in a Japanese Flower-jar. ..."

2. Plant Propagation: Greenhouse and Nursery Practice by Maurice Grenville Kains (1916)
"In certain cases (rex begonia) the new growth arises from adventitious buds, but in others (various ferns) it comes from true buds which originate in the ..."

3. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"rex begonia culture is simple. Soil should be a mixture of loam, woods earth, sharp sand, and well-rotted cow-manure. It must be light and porous. ..."

4. Sessional Papers by Ontario Legislative Assembly (1913)
"The first named costs ten cents for a small box, sufficient for a good .sized collec- " rex begonia." These plants should not be sprayed overhead very much. ..."

5. Outline of Greenhouse Laboratory Work by Samuel Bowdlear Green, R. S. Mackintosh (1901)
"Cut up a full grown rex begonia leaf, as shown in figure 16, and place in sand, as described under exercise 7. Note that in a few weeks the pieces of leaves ..."

6. Manual of Plant Diseases by Paul Sorauer, Gustav Lindau, Ludwig Reh, Frances Dorrance (1922)
"208 are shown the new structures on the cut surface of a larger leaf rib in a hybrid rex begonia. A indicates the old part of the leaf, B the new structures ..."

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