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单词 clethra
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clethran.

/ˈkliːθrə//ˈklɛθrə/
Etymology: modern Latin (J. F. Gronovius in Linnæus's Genera Plantarum (1737) 127), < Greek κλήθρα alder, which it resembles in foliage.
A plant of a genus of small trees or shrubs, belonging to the family Clethraceæ and native to eastern America and Asia.
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1779 J. Abercrombie Every Man his Own Gardener (ed. 8) 464/1 Clethra, white flowering, Dwarf.
1779 J. Abercrombie Every Man his Own Gardener (ed. 8) 467/1 Trees and Shrubs that may be raised from Seed..Clethra, Dog-wood.
1785 H. Marshall Arbustrum Americanum 34 Clethra alnifolia. Alder leaved Clethra. This shrub grows common in Maryland, Virginia, and Carolina, in moist ground and by rivulets.
1846 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom 454 The genus Saurauja among Dilleniads, has very much the structure of a Clethra.
1895 Outing 26 33/2 The white spiked Clethra flower.
1969 D. Wyman Shrubs & Vines Amer. Gardens (ed. 2) 171 This [sc. Japanese Clethra] is the first of the clethras to bloom.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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