fibrous-rooted begonia

noun

: a begonia with fibrous rather than rhizomatous or tuberous roots

especially : any of numerous rather small bushy free-flowering begonias with white, pink, or red single or double flowers that have been developed in cultivation from a Brazilian wild plant (Begonia semperflorens) compare rhizomatous begonia, tuberous begonia

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