Also Anglicized streptocarp. [mod.L., f. Gr. στρεπτός (see STREPTO-) + καρπός fruit.] A genus of African Gesneraceous plants bearing pistils or fruits spirally twisted towards the point; a plant of this genus, esp. the Cape Primrose (see PRIMROSE 2 b).
1846. Lindley, Veg. Kingd., 672. Gesneraceæ…. Genera…. *Streptocarpus, Lindl.
1882. Garden, 25 Nov., 462/3. The whole surface is completely covered with large mauve-tinted blossoms, not much smaller than those of ordinary Gloxinias, to which the Streptocarpus is related.
1895. Daily News, 22 May, 7/3. Choice varieties of streptocarpus, gloxinias, [etc.].
1904. Daily Chron., 10 Aug., 4/7. An exhibit of pentstemons and streptocarps.
