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Added 9 October 2026

gesneriad

noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about gesneriad at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Any of numerous tropical or subtropical small shrubs or treelets or epiphytic vines of the family Gesneriaceae: African violet; Cape primroses; gloxinia.

Origin

From translingual Gesneria + -ad.

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