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gesneriad

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(ges nēr′ē ad′, jes-)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
ges•ne•ri•ad  (ges nēr′ē ad′, jes-),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Plant Biologyany of various, chiefly tropical plants of the gesneria family.
  • Neo-Latin Gesneri(a) a genus name (after K. von Gesner; see -ia) + -ad1
  • 1880–85

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