Definition of Begoniaceae

1. Noun. Monoecious succulent herbs or shrubs of tropical and warm regions especially America.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Begoniaceae

Beetlejuice
Beevor's sign
Begbie's disease
Begin
Begonia cheimantha
Begonia cocchinea
Begonia dregei
Begonia erythrophylla
Begonia feastii
Begonia heracleifolia
Begonia rex
Begonia semperflorens
Begonia socotrana
Begonia tuberhybrida
Begoniaceae
Beguez Cesar disease
Begum
Behcet
Behmen
Behmenism
Behr
Behr's disease
Behr's syndrome
Behrens
Behring
Behring's law
Behrouz

Literary usage of Begoniaceae

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

1. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner Von Marilaun (1902)
"Three winged ridges project from the inferior ovary in begoniaceae. ... In begoniaceae also they project from the walls into the middle of the ovary, ..."

2. A Text-book of Botany by Eduard Strasburger (1898)
"Family begoniaceae.—Flowers EPIGYNOUS, UNISEXUAL ; the male with perianth consisting of ... The begoniaceae are succulent tropical herbs or climbing plants, ..."

3. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1838)
"rarely present and then deciduous (begoniaceae); ... Stigmas not sessile, or somewhat spiral (begoniaceae). Placenta at the parietes, or on lamellae ..."

4. The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1838)
"rarely present and then deciduous (begoniaceae) ... Stigmas not sessile, or somewhat spiral (begoniaceae). ..."

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