单词 | martynia |
释义 | Martynian. Botany. A genus of the family Pedaliaceae, consisting of sticky-haired plants, native to warm and tropical parts of America, with two-lipped flowers and long-beaked pods which can be pickled; (also martynia) a plant of this genus, esp. Martynia annua, native to Mexico (also called unicorn plant).Valid publication of the genus name: Linnaeus Species Plantarum (1753) II. 618. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > non-British plants or herbs > [noun] > American or West Indian masterwort1523 hogweed1707 black root1709 many-seed1750 Martynia1753 Maranta1754 hog meat1756 iron1756 Evolvulus1764 zebra plant1826 turkey-flower1843 vriesia1843 Spanish needles1846 turkey-blossom1849 horse poison1851 St Martin's herb1860 goatweed1864 wake-robin1864 frog-bit1866 herb of St. Martin1866 pipi1866 goatweed1869 cigar-plant1961 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. sig. G1v/1 Martynia, in botany, the name of a genus of plants. 1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) II. 220 I did not know of what country the martinia was a native. 1847 W. Darlington Agric. Bot. 108 Long-beaked Martynia, Unicorn Plant... This plant..is much cultivated for its singular fruit—which, in its young state..is used for making..pickles. 1909 G. W. James Indian Basketry (ed. 4) viii. 107 Black and white are the main colors, the body of the basket..always being white and the design worked out with black, which is generally the pod of the martynia. 1976 Hortus Third (L. H. Bailey Hortorium) 715/1 Martyniaceae Stapf. Martynia Family... Ibicella, Martynia, and Proboscoidea are grown in N. Amer. as ornamentals and for their curious fruit, which is sometimes used in pickles. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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