单词 | maori onion |
释义 | > as lemmasMaori onion Maori onion n. New Zealand a perennial plant of New Zealand, Bulbinella (or Chrysobactron) hookeri (family Liliaceae), with dense racemes of yellow flowers. ΚΠ 1906 R. M. Laing & E. W. Blackwell Plants N.Z. 102 Bulbinella Hookeri..is frequently—at least in the Southern part of New Zealand—known as the Maori Onion. 1926 Trans. & Proc. N.Z. Inst. 56 663 The confusion might be avoided were the word ‘Maori’ used instead of ‘native’... There is ‘Maori cabbage’, ‘Maori onion’—why not ‘Maori aniseed’, ‘Maori convolvulus’, &c.? 1966 Encycl. N.Z. I. 714/2 A very common plant in damp peaty soils, at moderate altitudes, is the Maori onion, Chrysobactron hookeri, which produces masses of yellow flowers. < as lemmas |
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