单词 | arabis |
释义 | arabisn. Any of numerous plants comprising or formerly included in the genus Arabis (family Brassicaceae ( Cruciferae)), consisting of herbaceous annual or perennial plants having a basal rosette of leaves and small four-petalled flowers and native chiefly to north temperate regions (also called rock cress); esp. (in later use) any of the kinds grown as ornamental rock or border plants in gardens. Also (in form Arabis): the genus itself.Valid publication of the genus name: Linnaeus Species plantarum (1753) II. 664. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Cruciferae (crucifers) > [noun] > other crucifers Raphanusa1398 watercress?a1450 boor's mustard1548 dish-mustard1548 rocket1548 treacle mustard1548 heal-dog1551 Thlaspi1562 candy mustard1597 Grecian mustard1597 Italian rocket1597 knave's mustard1597 madwort1597 mithridate mustard1597 moonwort1597 mithridate1605 wall-rocket1611 broom-wort1614 candytuft1629 draba1629 Turkey cress1633 rock cress1650 shepherd's cress1713 pennycress1714 alyssum1731 arabis1756 tower mustard1760 faverel1770 molewort1770 stinkweed1793 wall cabbage1796 wall-cress1796 awl-wort1797 sickle-pod1846 Kerguelen cabbage1847 sun cress1848 sand rocket1854 wall mustard1904 buckler-mustard- tower-cress- 1756 J. Hill Brit. Herbal 254/1 Broad leaved Arabis... It is a native of Germany, and other parts of Europe and thrives on shaded hills. 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xxiii. 327 Arabis has four glands, within the leaflets of the calyx. 1850 Jrnl. Hort. Soc. London 5 127 In the Arabis, or wall-cress, we have another family, where many individuals may be had to blossom in our wall garden. 1870 W. Robinson Alpine Flowers i. 48 The dwarf green Iberises,..Arabises, [etc.]. 1876 R. Broughton Joan I. i. v. 95 Milk-white arabis haunted by the drowsy booming bees. 1907 Jrnl. Hort. & Home Farmer 21 Feb. 162/2 We can find among the Aubretias much finer shades of colour, especially to associate with the white Arabises. 1911 ‘A. Marshall’ Eldest Son xxx The station-master's arabis and aubrietia were making a fine show. 1941 Amer. Midland Naturalist 25 330 The only member of Cruciferae occurring at this high elevation is an unidentified species of Arabis. 1996 Guardian 3 Feb. (Weekend Suppl.) 40/4 Pigeons sometimes take a fancy to arabis (of which I have grown a lot from seed this year). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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