noun gesneria any plant of the mostly tuberous-rooted S. American genus Gesneria, grown as a greenhouse plant for its large leaves and showy tubular flowers in a range of bright colours: family Gesneriaceae 0
adjective gesneria designating a tropical family (Gesneriaceae, order Scrophulariales) of woody or fleshy dicotyledonous plants with showy tubular flowers, including the African violets, the gloxinias, and the episcias 0
noun gesneria (botany) Any of the genus Gesneria of flowering plants in the family Gesneriaceae. 0
