单词 | doronicum |
释义 | doronicumn. A perennial herb of the genus so named, belonging to the family Compositæ, and sometimes cultivated in gardens; leopard's bane n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Compositae (composite plants) > [noun] > leopard's bane leopard's bane1548 choke-pard1605 doronicum1607 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 247 That same herbe (called Doronicum) and of the Grecians, Doronieu. 1728 R. Bradley Dict. Botanicum at Doronicum Vulgare The most common Doronicum of our Gardens hath divers Leaves rising from the Root. 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xxvi. 397 Doronicum or Leopard's-bane, a wild plant of the Alps, and now common among the perennials of the garden, has the scales of the calyx in two rows. 1892 S. R. Hole Bk. about Garden 27 That group of iris (germanica) and doronicum reminds us of the cohorts of the Assyrians, ‘all gleaming with purple and gold’. 1926 G. Jekyll Colour Schemes for Flower Garden (ed. 6) 27 Tulip Chrysolora of fuller yellow, yellow Wallflowers, the tall Doronicum, and..several patches of yellow Crown Imperial. 1970 C. Lloyd Well-tempered Garden iii. 310 Doronicums..will grow anywhere. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1607 |
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