单词 | choisya |
释义 | choisyan. An evergreen shrub, the only member of the genus so called, native to Mexico and belonging to the family Rutaceæ; also called Mexican orange. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > non-British shrubs > [noun] > American or West Indian ramgoat bush1566 burton-wood1697 cowage cherry1725 Jack-in-the-busha1726 screw tree1739 lady of the night1752 goatweed1756 solandra1797 silk-tassel1833 garrya1835 matico1839 choisya1840 Romneya1845 jointer1847 creosote-bush1851 creosote-plant1854 bridal wreath1856 ocotillo1856 adelaster1863 sage rose1864 white horse1864 tree poppy1866 Tacsonia1869 rain tree1877 piquillin bush1884 tassel-bush1891 bush poppy1899 Mexican orange1923 shrimp plant1941 1840 J. Paxton Pocket Bot. Dict. Choisya..is an ornamental shrub, growing about six feet high. 1913 W. G. Lawrence Let. 5 Nov. in T. E. Lawrence Home Lett. (1954) 461 Your letter—enclosing the flower of the choisya—came last mail. 1963 Times 9 Feb. 11/3 A few nights of searing east winds may yet singe my choisya. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < n.1840 |
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