| 单词 | beach naupaka |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbeach naupaka Any of various shrubs of the genus Scaevola (family Goodeniaceae), found on islands and coasts of the Pacific and Indian Oceans; spec. the beach berry, S. taccada (more fully beach naupaka), which bears distinctive one-sided white flowers and white berries (cf. taccada n.). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > non-British shrubs > [noun] > Australasian banksia1787 waratah1793 honeysuckle1803 pinkwood1824 honeysuckle tree1825 rose1825 blue bush1828 dogwood1828 parrotbill1829 tulip-tree1830 whitebeard1832 swamp-oak1833 bauera1835 mungitec1837 bottlebrush1839 clianthus1841 glory-pea1848 boronia1852 koromiko1855 pituri1861 Sturt's pea1865 scrub vine1866 pea-bush1867 cotton-bush1876 Australian honeysuckle1881 peach myrtle1882 saloop bush1884 naupaka1888 dog rose1896 native tulip1898 snow bush1909 wedding-bush1923 Hebe1961 mountain pepper1965 1888 W. Hillebrand Flora Hawaiian Islands 265 Scaevola... About 60 species, natives principally of Australia and the Hawaiian Islands..a few littoral species spread through Polynesia, the coasts of tropical Asia, Africa, and some of the islands of the W. Indies.—Nat. name: Naupaka. 1917 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 44 156 Scaevola Chamissoniana Gaud. Nau-paka; all islands. 1917 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 44 157 Scaevola procera Hillebd. Nau-paka; Kauai, Molokai, Maui. 1960 L. E. Kuck & R. C. Tongg Hawaiian Flowers & Flowering Trees 18 A shrub which has proved of great use in Hawaiian seaside gardens, where salt spray often kills other plants, is the naupaka. 1976 Hortus Third (L. H. Bailey Hortorium) 1015/1 Beach naupaka, spreading shrub, to 10 ft. high. 1993 National Geographic Traveler Jan.–Feb. 64/1 Green clumps of naupaka were doing their best to stabilize the sand hills. < as lemmas |
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