| 释义 |
‖ Dillenia Bot.|dɪˈliːnɪə|
[mod.L. after Dillenius, professor of botany at Oxford 1728–1747.]
A genus of plants, typical of the family Dilleniaceæ, natives of India and the Eastern peninsula, consisting of lofty forest trees with handsome flowers. Hence dilleniˈaceous a., of or belonging to the family Dilleniaceæ. diˈlleniad, a member of this family.
1753Chambers Cycl. Supp., Dillenia,..a genus of plants. 1807J. E. Smith Phys. Bot. 377 Dillenia, with its beautiful blossoms and fruit, serves to immortalize two of the most meritorious among botanists. 1837Penny Cycl. VIII. 497 Dilleniaceous plants are distinguished..from Magnoliaceæ by their want of stipules. 1866Treas. Bot. I. 408 The species of this genus of dilleniads are handsome lofty trees inhabiting dense forests in India. |