单词 | evolvulus |
释义 | Evolvulusn. Botany. A genus of herbaceous plants and shrubs of the family Convolvulaceae, containing about 100 species mostly native to tropical America and typically having small alternate leaves and axillary flowers; (also evolvulus) a plant of this genus, which includes a number of species popular as garden plants. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > non-British plants or herbs > [noun] > American or West Indian masterwort1523 hogweed1707 black root1709 many-seed1750 Martynia1753 Maranta1754 hog meat1756 iron1756 Evolvulus1764 zebra plant1826 turkey-flower1843 vriesia1843 Spanish needles1846 turkey-blossom1849 horse poison1851 St Martin's herb1860 goatweed1864 wake-robin1864 frog-bit1866 herb of St. Martin1866 pipi1866 goatweed1869 cigar-plant1961 1764 J. Berkenhout Clavis Anglica Linguæ Bot. sig. S [Pentandria] Tetragynia, containing 2 genera, viz. Parnassia, Evolvulus. 1770 C. Milne Bot. Dict. at Pentandria Grass of Parnassus and evolvulus have four styles. 1773 W. Hanbury Compl. Body Planting & Gardening II. 136/1 Of this genus are, 1. Small Indian Evolvulus. 2. Chickweed Evolvulus. 3. Flax-leaved Evolvulus. 4. Tricuspidated Evolvulus. 1855 T. G. Bradford Murray's Encycl. Geogr. (rev. ed.) III. 413 Most of the genera mentioned above are still to be met with [in the southern prairies, including]..several Cantuas, an Evolvulus, a Hydrolea, [etc.]. 1897 Amer. Naturalist 31 653 Very hairy plants covered by thick pannose pubescence, which retain the moisture, as species of..Senecio, Evolvulus and Artemisia. 1973 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 60 346 A close examination..suggests that Convolvulus, Calystegia, Evolvulus..and Polymeria form a closely related group which differs from the remainder of the genera placed together by Hallier. 2003 Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) (Nexis) 26 Dec. d3 This evolvulus is grown as a annual here, though it is actually a tender subshrub. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1764 |
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