单词 | ixia |
释义 | ixian. 1. Name in Greek and Latin for the plant also called chameleon (chameleon n. 3), a kind of thistle yielding an acrid resin. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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 This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1551 |
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