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单词 ixia
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ixian.

Brit. /ˈɪksɪə/, U.S. /ˈɪksiə/
Etymology: Latin, < Greek ἰξία.
1. Name in Greek and Latin for the plant also called chameleon (chameleon n. 3), a kind of thistle yielding an acrid resin. Obsolete.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Compositae (composite plants) > [noun] > thistles
thistlec725
carduea1398
wolf's-thistlea1400
cardoona1425
wolf-thistle1526
cotton-thistle1548
gum-thistle1548
oat thistle1548
black chameleon1551
ixia1551
Saint Mary thistle1552
milk thistle1562
cow-thistle1565
bedeguar1578
carline1578
silver thistle1578
white chameleon1578
globe thistle1582
ball thistle1597
down thistle1597
friar's crown1597
lady's thistle1597
gummy thistle1598
man's blood1601
musk thistle1633
melancholy thistle1653
Scotch thistle1660
boar-thistle1714
spear- thistle1753
gentle thistle1760
woolly thistle1760
wool-thistle1769
bur-thistlea1796
Canada thistle1796
pine thistle1807
plume thistle1814
melancholy plume thistle1825
woolly-headed thistle1843
dog thistle1845
dwarf thistle1846
welted thistle1846
pixie glove1858
Mexican thistle1866
Syrian thistle1866
bull thistle1878
fish belly1878
fish-bone-thistle1882
green thistle1882
herringbone thistle1884
Californian thistle1891
winged thistle1915
fish-thistles-
1551 W. Turner New Herball sig. Avv It is good against the poyson of ixia with wyne.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 64 Most effectuall..for them that haue drunke the gum of Chamelæon, called Ixia.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Ixia or Ixine, a sort of Carduus; an Herb which some call Cameleon.
2. Botany. A genus of South African iridaceous plants, with large showy flowers of various colours. Also extended to some allied plants, as a species of Trichonema cultivated in the Channel Islands.
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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] > iris and related flowers > allied flowers
ixia1785
tiger-flower1797
Babiana1801
evening flower1801
watsonia1801
Sparaxis1836
montbretia1846
Spanish iris1863
schizostylis1864
romulea1865
Tigridia1866
kaffir lily1884
acidanthera1894
peacock flower1897
1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xiv. 160 There are some very beautiful genera in..this class, particularly the Ixia and Iris.
1804 C. Smith Conversations II. 119 An almost endless variety of ixias.
1862 D. T. Ansted & R. G. Latham Channel Islands ii. viii. 175 The little species of ixia, trichonema columnæ, is particularly remarkable among the spring flowers.
1865 F. Parkman Huguenots in Florida in France & Eng. in N. Amer. iv. 58 From the grass gleams the blue eye of the starry ixia.

Compounds

ixia-lily n. a name for the plants of the genus Ixiolirion (family Amaryllidaceæ), natives of Asia, with blue or violet funnel-shaped six-parted flowers.
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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] > non-British flowers > of Asia
Prophet flower1861
ixia-lily1866
Maltese cross1868
toad-lily1884
whorl-flower1884
Perovskia1907
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 682/2.
1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants
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