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- noun Plural form of
begonia .
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Examples
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We have a huge variety this year that includes the usual favorites such as begonias, coleus, marigolds, impatiens, zinnia and so much more.
unknown title 2009
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We have a huge variety this year that includes the usual favorites such as begonias, coleus, marigolds, impatiens, zinnia and so much more.
unknown title 2009
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In a small southern French port teeming with little fishing boats, where the windows above the cafés sport pots of petunias or geraniums or begonias or, tout simplement, leaves — their green tresses flowing out from the window sill, down the faded façades like little leafy Rapunzels ...
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Attempting to steer the conversation back to the begonias, I quite innocently remarked that while traveling down Park Avenue in a cab a few days earlier I noticed that the tulips north of 86th Street seemed a different pinkish hue than those further south.
Bemoaning the Begonias Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011
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"Oh no, Mr Curry, I was only sitting on my begonias."
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Planting begonias, herbs, tomatoes (they never grow here, but I try every year ... then steal from my sister who lives in a hot valley near here!)
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After Ms. Ternes made her feelings known, I didn't have the courage to suggest there might be an alternative to both begonias and lantana, whatever lantana is.
Bemoaning the Begonias Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011
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If I have any bone to pick or let's just say a helpful suggestion to offer, it would be to ditch the begonias that replace the tulips in June and stick around throughout the summer and into the fall.
Bemoaning the Begonias Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011
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Even more disturbing was their decision last summer to replace the begonias—of which Ms. Ternes apparently feels quite protective—with lantana.
Bemoaning the Begonias Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011
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Large portraits of a smiling Kim Jong-il could be seen around Pyongyang, reports said, with the streets bedecked with red "kimjongilia" begonias named after the deceased leader.
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