alternantheran.

Brit.

/ˌɔːltəˈnanθərə/,

/ˌɒltəˈnanθərə/, U.S.

/ˌɔltərˈnænθərə/,

/ˌɑltərˈnænθərə/

Forms: Also with capital initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Alternanthera.

Etymology: < scientific Latin Alternanthera, genus name ( P. Forsskål & C. Niebuhr Flora aegyptiaco-arabica sive descriptiones plantarum (1775) 28) < classical Latin alternātus alternate adj. + post-classical Latin anthera anther n., with reference to the arrangement of sterile and fertile anthers in an alternating pattern. Compare French alternanthère (1803; < Latin).

Any of various plants constituting the cosmopolitan genus Alternanthera (family Amaranthaceae), which comprises low-growing stoloniferous plants (some of which are aquatic), typically having small white flowers and sometimes grown as bedding plants. Also (in form Alternanthera): the genus itself.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Amaranthaceae (amaranth and allies) > [noun]

larix1548

frog grass1597

cockcomb1687

coxcomb1718

amarantoid1736

alternanthera1866

amarantad1866

iresine1866

rooster comb1959

amarant-

chaff-flower-

1866 Jrnl. Hort., Cottage Gardener, & Country Gentleman 3 July 1/2 The foliage is much larger and rounder than that of the Alternantheras.

1891 Ann. Rep. Minnesota State Hort. Soc. 19 254 The following is a..select list of the most satisfactory foliage and flowering bedding plants, viz. alternanthera, castor oil bean, caladium, [etc.].

1916 M. G. Kains Plant Propagation ix. 125 Coleus should be severely stripped, geranium rather less, alternanthera very little.

1924 L. H. Bailey Man. Cultivated Plants ii. 253 Telanthera... The cult. kinds herbaceous or treated as such, used for carpet-bedding under the name of Alternanthera (with which genus some authors unite them).

1990 Sunday Sun (Brisbane) 26 Aug. (Mag. section) 46/1 One of my favorites for color and hardiness is the alternanthera.

2004 New Phytologist 161 356/2 Photorespiratory CO₂ pumps occur in some two dozen species in Alternanthera..Panicum and Neurachne.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	alternanthera
释义	alternantheran. Brit. /ˌɔːltəˈnanθərə/, /ˌɒltəˈnanθərə/, U.S. /ˌɔltərˈnænθərə/, /ˌɑltərˈnænθərə/ Forms: Also with capital initial. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Alternanthera. Etymology: < scientific Latin Alternanthera, genus name ( P. Forsskål & C. Niebuhr Flora aegyptiaco-arabica sive descriptiones plantarum (1775) 28) < classical Latin alternātus alternate adj. + post-classical Latin anthera anther n., with reference to the arrangement of sterile and fertile anthers in an alternating pattern. Compare French alternanthère (1803; < Latin). Any of various plants constituting the cosmopolitan genus Alternanthera (family Amaranthaceae), which comprises low-growing stoloniferous plants (some of which are aquatic), typically having small white flowers and sometimes grown as bedding plants. Also (in form Alternanthera): the genus itself. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Amaranthaceae (amaranth and allies) > [noun] larix1548 frog grass1597 cockcomb1687 coxcomb1718 amarantoid1736 alternanthera1866 amarantad1866 iresine1866 rooster comb1959 amarant- chaff-flower- 1866 Jrnl. Hort., Cottage Gardener, & Country Gentleman 3 July 1/2 The foliage is much larger and rounder than that of the Alternantheras. 1891 Ann. Rep. Minnesota State Hort. Soc. 19 254 The following is a..select list of the most satisfactory foliage and flowering bedding plants, viz. alternanthera, castor oil bean, caladium, [etc.]. 1916 M. G. Kains Plant Propagation ix. 125 Coleus should be severely stripped, geranium rather less, alternanthera very little. 1924 L. H. Bailey Man. Cultivated Plants ii. 253 Telanthera... The cult. kinds herbaceous or treated as such, used for carpet-bedding under the name of Alternanthera (with which genus some authors unite them). 1990 Sunday Sun (Brisbane) 26 Aug. (Mag. section) 46/1 One of my favorites for color and hardiness is the alternanthera. 2004 New Phytologist 161 356/2 Photorespiratory CO₂ pumps occur in some two dozen species in Alternanthera..Panicum and Neurachne. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1866
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