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单词 lechenaultia
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lechenaultian.

Brit. /ˌlɛʃnˈɔːltɪə/, /ˌlɛʃnˈɒltɪə/, U.S. /ˌlɛʃəˈnɔltiə/, /ˌlɛʃəˈnɑltiə/
Forms: 1800s– lechenaultia, 1800s– leschenaultia.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Lechenaultia.
Etymology: < scientific Latin Lechenaultia, †Leschenaultia, genus name (R. Brown Floræ Novæ Hollandiæ (1810) 581) < the name of Jean-Baptiste Leschenault de la Tour (1773–1826), French botanist and traveller + scientific Latin -ia -ia suffix1.The scientific Latin form Lechenaultia reflects R. Brown's (apparently erroneous) spelling of Leschenault's name.
Any of the herbaceous plants and evergreen shrubs of the Australian genus Lechenaultia (family Goodeniaceae), which bear red, blue, white, or yellow flowers and are popular as garden plants. Also (in form Lechenaultia): the genus itself.
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1814 Encycl. Londinensis XII. (at cited word) Lechenaultia,..in botany, a genus of the class pentandria, order monogynia, natural order of campanaceæ.
1825 Curtis's Bot. Mag. 52 2600 (heading) Handsome Lechenaultia.
1880 S. Wood Tree Pruner v. 126 There is nothing among greenhouse plants capable of exciting more interest than a well-grown Leschenaultia when in full flower.
1916 Standard Cycl. Hort. IV. 1844/2 The leschenaultias require special care in watering.
1966 Times 11 Nov. (W. Austral. Suppl.) p. iv/2 The exquisite sky-blue leschenaultia..shows its versatility by appearing, in different regions, in scarlet, crimson, blood-red, yellow, orange and green-blue.
1995 J. Williams W. Austral. (Lonely Planet) 32 (caption) Wreath Lechenaultia (Lechenaultia macrantha).
2013 D. Growns & M. Webb in M. Webb Austral. Native Plants ix. 110/2 The genus Lechenaultia mostly occurs in the south-west of Western Australia.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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