Oconee bellsn.

Brit.

/əˌkəʊnɪ ˈbɛlz/, U.S.

/əˌkoʊni ˈbɛlz/

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Oconee , bell n.¹

Etymology: < the name of Oconee County, South Carolina + the plural of bell n.¹Probably coined by H. P. Kelsey: see Horticulture (1951) Mar. 95/1. The form Oconee bell is also occasionally attested.

A small herbaceous plant, Shortia galacifolia (family Diapensiaceae), found in the southern Appalachians (where it is very rare) and cultivated elsewhere as a rockery plant for its small, white, bell-shaped flowers and evergreen foliage, resembling that of galax.

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Oconee bells1923

1923 Standardized Plant Names (Amer. Joint Comm. Hort. Nomencl.) 468/1 Shortia..galacifolia, Oconee-bells.

1949 H. N. Moldenke Amer. Wild Flowers 158 Every naturalist traveler in the mountains of North and South Carolina looks forward with keen anticipation to seeing the famous oconee-bells..in its native haunts.

1956 H. Savage River of Carolinas: Santee 275 A farm boy brought home..a clump of galaxlike plants he had dug from the banks of the Catawba near Marion, North Carolina. So the lovely plant commonly known as Oconee bells was rediscovered.

1994 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 121 386/1 Planted species, not native to New York State, included Celandine Poppy (Stylophorum diphyllum) and Oconee Bells (Shortia galacifolia).

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	oconee bells
释义	Oconee bellsn. Brit. /əˌkəʊnɪ ˈbɛlz/, U.S. /əˌkoʊni ˈbɛlz/ Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Oconee , bell n.¹ Etymology: < the name of Oconee County, South Carolina + the plural of bell n.¹Probably coined by H. P. Kelsey: see Horticulture (1951) Mar. 95/1. The form Oconee bell is also occasionally attested. A small herbaceous plant, Shortia galacifolia (family Diapensiaceae), found in the southern Appalachians (where it is very rare) and cultivated elsewhere as a rockery plant for its small, white, bell-shaped flowers and evergreen foliage, resembling that of galax. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Diapensiaceae > [noun] > shortia or galax galax1770 shortia1877 Oconee bells1923 1923 Standardized Plant Names (Amer. Joint Comm. Hort. Nomencl.) 468/1 Shortia..galacifolia, Oconee-bells. 1949 H. N. Moldenke Amer. Wild Flowers 158 Every naturalist traveler in the mountains of North and South Carolina looks forward with keen anticipation to seeing the famous oconee-bells..in its native haunts. 1956 H. Savage River of Carolinas: Santee 275 A farm boy brought home..a clump of galaxlike plants he had dug from the banks of the Catawba near Marion, North Carolina. So the lovely plant commonly known as Oconee bells was rediscovered. 1994 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 121 386/1 Planted species, not native to New York State, included Celandine Poppy (Stylophorum diphyllum) and Oconee Bells (Shortia galacifolia). This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1923
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