Ambrosia (in various mythological and related senses). In early use also: a medicinal plant, perhaps wood sage (cf. ambrose, n. 1).
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| 释义 | the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > other ornamental trees or shrubs (22) ambrosieOE Ambrosia (in various mythological and related senses). In early use also: a medicinal plant, perhaps wood sage (cf. ambrose, n. 1). minced pie1739 = mince pie, n. 2. Obsolete. rare. Christmas bush1750 (a) a rapidly growing tropical American shrub, Chromolaena odorata (family Asteraceae), having aromatic foliage and panicles of white tubular… black-gum1785 Any of several North American trees of the genus Nyssa (family Nyssaceae); esp. N. sylvatica, chiefly of eastern and southern areas, sometimes… Nandina1787 A monotypic genus of shrubs of the family Berberidaceae, characterized by bipinnate leaves, panicles of small white flowers, and red or purple… allamanda1789 Any of various shrubs and lianas constituting the tropical American genus Allamanda (family Apocynaceae); esp. any of several cultivated varieties of… restio1796 Any of various reed-like plants of, or formerly of, the genus Restio (family Restionaceae), superficially resembling horsetails, chiefly native to… moutan1808 The tree peony Paeonia suffruticosa, a large shrub bearing white or pink magenta-blotched flowers, which is native to China and Bhutan and from… tree peony1811 = moutan, n. snowberry1815 A rubiaceous shrub (Chiococca racemosa), native to the West Indies and Florida, cultivated as a greenhouse or hothouse plant. aucuba1819 A well-known hardy evergreen diœcious shrub (Aucuba Japonica, family Cornaceæ), with laurel-like leaves usually blotched with pale yellow, grown for… zamang1819 A large ornamental leguminous tree (Pithecolobium Saman, suborder Mimoseæ) of tropical South America, having a spreading head of branches of… Deutzia1837 A genus of shrubs (family Saxifragaceæ), natives of China and Japan, cultivated for the beauty of their white flowers. D. gracilis is a well-known… ground-jasmine1848 Passerina Stelleri (Treasury Bot. 1866). nandin1866 The celestial bamboo or nandina (cf. Nandina, n.). heavenly bamboo1871 = Nandina, n. spathodea1873 The African tulip tree, Spathodea campanulata, of the evergreen family Bignoniaceae, grown as an ornamental throughout the tropics for its… Escallonia1882 A genus of flowering shrubs (family Saxifragaceæ) found in the temperate parts of South America. nanten1884 = nandin, n. o-matsu1916 The Japanese black pine, Pinus thunbergii, a valuable ornamental and timber tree. Also called kuro-matsu. Japanese pagoda tree1924 Sophora japonica, the scholar tree. dove tree1933 Davidia involucrata and its varieties. |
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