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sin•nin•gi•a
(si nin′jē ə),USA pronunciation n.
- Plant Biologyany of various tropical American plants belonging to the genus Sinningia, of the gesneria family, including the gloxinia and other species cultivated as houseplants for their variously colored flowers.
- Neo-Latin (1825), after Wilhelm Sinning (1794–1874), German horticulturist; see -ia
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