Saint·pau·lia
| \ sāntˈpȯlēə \
Definition of Saintpaulia
: a genus of East African herbs (family Gesneriaceae) with nodding flowers having five or seven erect sepals, a nearly rotate bilabiate corolla, and two stamens — see african violet
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