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floriˈpondio
Also 8 floripendio, floripondy.
[a. Sp. floripondio, ad. mod.L. floripondium, app. f. L. flōr(i)-, flōs flower + pondus weight.]
The Spanish name of two Peruvian species of datura or thorn-apple, D. arborea and D. sanguinea.
1604E. G[rimston] tr. Acosta's Nat. & Mor. Hist. Indies iv. xxvii. 283 Flowers..of excellent scent, as those which growe vpon a tree termed by them Floripondio or carry flower [orig. has only: ‘which some call Floripondio’]. 1745P. Thomas Jrnl. Anson's Voy. 92 The Floripendio is a tree which bears no fruit, but only Flowers like Bells. 1768J. Byron Narr. Patagonia 218 Their gardens are full of noble orange-trees and flori-pondies. 1815W. Bowles Missionary viii. 178 Above, The floripondio its rich trellis wove. 1866Treas. Bot., Floripondio, Datura sanguinea. |