| 单词 | kaffir lily |
| 释义 | > as lemmaskaffir lily kaffir lily n. (a) a perennial rhizomatous herbaceous plant with sword-shaped leaves and spikes of red flowers, Hesperantha coccinea (family Iridaceae), native to southern Africa and widely cultivated elsewhere; cf. schizostylis n.; (b) a clivia, esp. Clivia miniata. 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 1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants 77/1 Lily, Caffre, Schizostylis coccinea and the genus Clivia. 1900 W. D. Drury Bk. Gardening x. 348 Schizostylis coccinea (Crimson Flag; Kaffir Lily) is a lovely iridaceous subject with bright crimson gladiolus-like spikes of flower. 1946 M. Free All about House Plants xii. 94 Clivia miniata, Kafir Lily. Give only enough water to keep leaves from wilting. 1989 Pacific Affairs 62 47 Since the early 1980s, one of the most curious ways of greasing China's creaking economic machinery has to do with the use of a flower, a Kaffir lily..brought to Japan from South Africa during the Meiji Restoration and given an elegant name: kunshiran. 2001 Water Gardening Oct. 60/2 This hardy perennial [sc. Schyzostylis coccinea], that goes under the name kaffir lily, gives a fine display of bright red blooms on long slender stems. < as lemmas |
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