| 释义 |
Kennedya|kɛˈniːdɪə|
[mod. bot. L. (Ventenat, 1804), from Kennedy, name of a gardener of Hammersmith.]
A genus of perennial herbaceous climbing plants (family Leguminosæ), natives of Australia and Tasmania, some of which are cultivated for the sake of their flowers; also (with lower-case initial) a plant of this genus. K. prostrata is the coral-creeper.
1845Florist's Jrnl. 75 An early vinery is exactly the place in which to grow Kennedyas. 1881Mrs. C. Praed Policy & P. I. 110 Vines of the crimson Kennedia trailed into the streamlet. 1885― Head Station 191 Crimson kennedia and hoya tapestried the rocks. |