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Definition of Tuberous begonia
1. Noun. Any of numerous begonias having large tuberous roots.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tuberous Begonia
Literary usage of Tuberous begonia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"Veitch, is a cross between B. socotrana and a tuberous begonia. ... Neat dwarf
plant, B. socotrana Xa tuberous begonia: 6 in.: fls. semi-double, 2 in. ..."
2. Transactions of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society.: Horticultural Hall by Massachusetts Horticultural Society, W.D. Ticknor & Co, James Englebert Teschemacher (1892)
"He then remarked that the tuberous begonia was a recent child with Mr. Barker,
which accounts for his enthusiasm in its favor. He further stated that as a ..."
3. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1917)
"In the presumed manual of cultivated plants, how would the author treat the
tuberous begonia? \Yould he enter descriptions of the several indigenous species ..."
4. The Practical Garden-book: Containing the Simplest Directions for the by Charles Elias Hunn, Liberty Hyde Balley (1900)
"tuberous begonia. A large bed of these covered with crimson, pink, white, or
yellow flowers, ranging from 2 to 4 and even 6 inches in diameter, some double, ..."
5. Bulbs and Tuberous-rooted Plants: Their History, Description, Methods of by Charles Linnaeus Allen (1893)
"The seeds of the tuberous begonia are so excessively fine as to resemble tobacco
dust more than covers containing the germ of a future plant. ..."
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