allamandan.

Brit.

/ˌaləˈmandə/, U.S.

/ˌæləˈmændə/

Forms: 1700s– allamanda, 1800s– alamanda, 1800s– alamander.

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

Etymology: < scientific Latin Allamanda, genus name ( Linnaeus Mantissa Plantarum (ed. 2, 1771) 146) < the name of J. N. S. Allamand , Swiss scientist who became a professor in Leiden + scientific Latin -a -a suffix¹.In form alamander apparently by association with words in -er suffix¹ and perhaps also with salamander n.

Any of various shrubs and lianas constituting the tropical American genus Allamanda (family Apocynaceae); esp. any of several cultivated varieties of A. cathartica, grown in gardens for their large funnel-shaped yellow flowers. Also (in form Allamanda): the genus itself.

ΘΚΠ

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

ambrosieOE

minced pie1739

Christmas bush1750

black-gum1785

Nandina1787

allamanda1789

restio1796

moutan1808

tree peony1811

snowberry1815

aucuba1819

zamang1819

Deutzia1837

ground-jasmine1848

nandin1866

heavenly bamboo1871

spathodea1873

Escallonia1882

nanten1884

o-matsu1916

Japanese pagoda tree1924

dove tree1933

1789 W. Aiton Hortus Kewensis III. 489 Willow-leav'd Allamanda... Introd. 1785, by Baron Hake.

1854 Florist, Fruitist, & Garden Misc. 217 The numerous plants of Stephanotis..and the large yellow blossoms of the different kinds of Allamanda, were all objects of much admiration.

1879 W. Cory Lett. & Jrnls. 7 Oct. (1897) 449 An alamanda with big petals of a very lovely yellow.

1921 House & Garden July 66/3 Over a hut of rusty oil-cans..allamanders fill the air with a golden haze from their glowing search-lights.

1957 P. Mansfield Final Exposure xiv. 213 The wind had been..beating the branches of the alamander against the wall and plucking the pale flowers from the stems.

2010 A. M. Armitage Armitage’s Vines & Climbers 22 Many tropical plants like allamanda take some time to flower in the container or garden.

Derivatives

allaˈmanda-like adj.

ΚΠ

1863 West of Scotl. Hort. Mag. Aug. 43 It is of very easy cultivation, and when grown to a large size, nothing can be more attractive in winter than its fine large Allamanda like flowers.

1918 W. H. Hudson Far Away & Long Ago xxii. 294 The large alamanda-like flower of a purest divine yellow.

1982 T. H. Everett N.Y. Bot. Garden Illustr. Encycl. Hort. 3448/3 The bright yellow, allamanda-like blooms have calyxes with five fairly long, narrow, pointed lobes.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	allamanda
释义	allamandan. Brit. /ˌaləˈmandə/, U.S. /ˌæləˈmændə/ Forms: 1700s– allamanda, 1800s– alamanda, 1800s– alamander. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Allamanda. Etymology: < scientific Latin Allamanda, genus name ( Linnaeus Mantissa Plantarum (ed. 2, 1771) 146) < the name of J. N. S. Allamand , Swiss scientist who became a professor in Leiden + scientific Latin -a -a suffix¹.In form alamander apparently by association with words in -er suffix¹ and perhaps also with salamander n. Any of various shrubs and lianas constituting the tropical American genus Allamanda (family Apocynaceae); esp. any of several cultivated varieties of A. cathartica, grown in gardens for their large funnel-shaped yellow flowers. Also (in form Allamanda): the genus itself. ΘΚΠ 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 ambrosieOE minced pie1739 Christmas bush1750 black-gum1785 Nandina1787 allamanda1789 restio1796 moutan1808 tree peony1811 snowberry1815 aucuba1819 zamang1819 Deutzia1837 ground-jasmine1848 nandin1866 heavenly bamboo1871 spathodea1873 Escallonia1882 nanten1884 o-matsu1916 Japanese pagoda tree1924 dove tree1933 1789 W. Aiton Hortus Kewensis III. 489 Willow-leav'd Allamanda... Introd. 1785, by Baron Hake. 1854 Florist, Fruitist, & Garden Misc. 217 The numerous plants of Stephanotis..and the large yellow blossoms of the different kinds of Allamanda, were all objects of much admiration. 1879 W. Cory Lett. & Jrnls. 7 Oct. (1897) 449 An alamanda with big petals of a very lovely yellow. 1921 House & Garden July 66/3 Over a hut of rusty oil-cans..allamanders fill the air with a golden haze from their glowing search-lights. 1957 P. Mansfield Final Exposure xiv. 213 The wind had been..beating the branches of the alamander against the wall and plucking the pale flowers from the stems. 2010 A. M. Armitage Armitage’s Vines & Climbers 22 Many tropical plants like allamanda take some time to flower in the container or garden. Derivatives allaˈmanda-like adj. ΚΠ 1863 West of Scotl. Hort. Mag. Aug. 43 It is of very easy cultivation, and when grown to a large size, nothing can be more attractive in winter than its fine large Allamanda like flowers. 1918 W. H. Hudson Far Away & Long Ago xxii. 294 The large alamanda-like flower of a purest divine yellow. 1982 T. H. Everett N.Y. Bot. Garden Illustr. Encycl. Hort. 3448/3 The bright yellow, allamanda-like blooms have calyxes with five fairly long, narrow, pointed lobes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1789
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