hippeastrumn.

Brit.

/hɪpɪˈastrəm/, U.S.

/ˌhɪpiˈæstrəm/

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

Etymology: < scientific Latin Hippeastrum (see quot. 1821) < ancient Greek ἱππεύς horseman, knight ( < ἵππος horse (see hippo- comb. form) + -εύς , suffix forming masculine nouns) + ἄστρον star (see astro- comb. form), perhaps so called with allusion to Linnaeus's status as a knight in the Swedish ‘Order of the Polar Star’ (from 1753). Compare knight's star n. at knight n. Compounds 1b.

Botany.

Any of the bulbous plants of the genus Hippeastrum (family Amaryllidaceae) which are native to tropical and subtropical regions of Central and South America, and are frequently cultivated as houseplants for their large, showy flowers. Also (in form Hippeastrum): the genus itself.Hippeastrums were originally placed in the genus Amaryllis, by which name they are still commonly known.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > daffodil and allied flowers > allied flowers

summer fool1597

winter daffodil1615

Jacobaea lily1752

African tulip1759

Jacobean lily1770

haemanthus1771

alstroemeria1775

snowflake1777

chandelier lily1818

hippeastrum1821

clivia1828

Vallota1837

sprekelia1840

Murray lily1847

knight's star1855

Natal lily1855

Loddon lily1882

Peruvian lily1883

spider lily1887

1821 W. Herbert in Bot. Reg. 7 App. 7 Other points of agreement with Crinum separate them [sc. the plants] still more widely from the occidental bulbs which I have heretofore called Amaryllis, but in deference to the type of Linnæus, proposed now to call Hippeastrum or Knight's-star-lily.

1878 Jrnl. Hort., Cottage Gardener & Home Farmer 21 Oct. 356/2 Amaryllis and Hippeastrum are magnificent as cut flowers, but we confound the one genus with the other.

1899 Daily News 16 Mar. 9/2 An immense stand of hippeastrums..carried off..the society's gold medal.

1916 Country Life 24 June 793/2 I am sending you a photograph of a beautiful white hippeastrum, or amaryllis, named Snowdon.

1938 A. G. L. Hellyer Your Garden Week by Week 102 Start the remaining hippeastrum bulbs into growth now.

1999 BBC Gardeners' World Apr. 9/1 Visitors to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew during April will have a chance to admire the incredible variety of hippeastrums that are now available.

2008 Florida Entomol. 91 215/1 1 Florida distributor indicated that they had been contacted by customers about insect damage to Hippeastrum.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hippeastrum
释义	hippeastrumn. Brit. /hɪpɪˈastrəm/, U.S. /ˌhɪpiˈæstrəm/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Hippeastrum. Etymology: < scientific Latin Hippeastrum (see quot. 1821) < ancient Greek ἱππεύς horseman, knight ( < ἵππος horse (see hippo- comb. form) + -εύς , suffix forming masculine nouns) + ἄστρον star (see astro- comb. form), perhaps so called with allusion to Linnaeus's status as a knight in the Swedish ‘Order of the Polar Star’ (from 1753). Compare knight's star n. at knight n. Compounds 1b. Botany. Any of the bulbous plants of the genus Hippeastrum (family Amaryllidaceae) which are native to tropical and subtropical regions of Central and South America, and are frequently cultivated as houseplants for their large, showy flowers. Also (in form Hippeastrum): the genus itself.Hippeastrums were originally placed in the genus Amaryllis, by which name they are still commonly known. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > daffodil and allied flowers > allied flowers summer fool1597 winter daffodil1615 Jacobaea lily1752 African tulip1759 Jacobean lily1770 haemanthus1771 alstroemeria1775 snowflake1777 chandelier lily1818 hippeastrum1821 clivia1828 Vallota1837 sprekelia1840 Murray lily1847 knight's star1855 Natal lily1855 Loddon lily1882 Peruvian lily1883 spider lily1887 1821 W. Herbert in Bot. Reg. 7 App. 7 Other points of agreement with Crinum separate them [sc. the plants] still more widely from the occidental bulbs which I have heretofore called Amaryllis, but in deference to the type of Linnæus, proposed now to call Hippeastrum or Knight's-star-lily. 1878 Jrnl. Hort., Cottage Gardener & Home Farmer 21 Oct. 356/2 Amaryllis and Hippeastrum are magnificent as cut flowers, but we confound the one genus with the other. 1899 Daily News 16 Mar. 9/2 An immense stand of hippeastrums..carried off..the society's gold medal. 1916 Country Life 24 June 793/2 I am sending you a photograph of a beautiful white hippeastrum, or amaryllis, named Snowdon. 1938 A. G. L. Hellyer Your Garden Week by Week 102 Start the remaining hippeastrum bulbs into growth now. 1999 BBC Gardeners' World Apr. 9/1 Visitors to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew during April will have a chance to admire the incredible variety of hippeastrums that are now available. 2008 Florida Entomol. 91 215/1 1 Florida distributor indicated that they had been contacted by customers about insect damage to Hippeastrum. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1821
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