单词 | aubrietia |
释义 | aubrietian. The common name of a member of the genus Aubrieta of spring-flowering dwarf perennial plants belonging to the family Cruciferæ, of trailing habit, bearing flowers of various shades of purple, grown as a rock plant or garden edging. ‘Aubrieta is the original spelling of the generic name but the form Aubrietia has been so generally used that it has come into common speech and we retain that form as the common name’ (Royal Hort. Soc. Dict. Gardening, 1956, I. 222/1). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > foliage, house, or garden plants > [noun] > other ornamental plants milkwood1696 bignonia1719 Molucca balm1731 gunnera1789 lantana1791 aubrietia1829 zebrina1846 alocasia1858 billbergia1858 prickly thrift1866 bocconia1867 prickly rhubarb1895 prayer plant1951 1829 in J. C. Loudon Encycl. Plants (1836) 544. 1870 W. Robinson Alpine Flowers i. 48 Look at what we could do with the dwarf green Iberises, Helianthemums, Aubrietias, Arabises, [etc.]. 1883 F. M. Peard Contradictions I. 227 Lilac aubretias clamber up the meadows behind Titian's house. 1911 ‘A. Marshall’ Eldest Son xxx The station-master's arabis and aubrietia were making a fine show. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1829 |
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