单词 | osteospermum |
释义 | Osteospermumn. Botany. A genus of shrubs, subshrubs, and herbs of the family Asteraceae ( Compositae), mostly native to Africa but widely cultivated elsewhere for their brightly coloured flowers; (also osteospermum) a plant of this genus.Valid publication of the genus name: Linnaeus Species Plantarum (1753) II. 923, after his use in Hortus Cliffortianus (1738) 424. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Compositae (composite plants) > [noun] > other composite plants wild sagea1400 yellow devil's-bita1400 white golda1425 cotula1578 golden cudweed1597 golden tuft1597 rattlesnake root1682 Cape tansy?1711 hawkbit1713 ambrosia1731 cabbage tree1735 hog's eye1749 Osteospermum1754 ox-tongue1760 scentless mayweed1800 old man's beard1804 ox-eye1818 echinacea1825 sheep's beard1836 shepherd's beard1840 cat's-ear1848 goatweed1869 silversword1888 khaki bush1907 venidium1937 khaki bos1947 Namaqualand daisy1963 1754 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. (ed. 4) II. sig. Rrr/2 This Genus of Plants was, by Dr. Tournefort, intituled Chrysanthemoides..; and by Dr. Boerhaave Chrysanthemoides Osteospermum. Both of which, being compound Names, have been rejected by Dr. Linnæus, who has given the Tittle [sic] of Osteospermum to it. 1770 R. Weston Universal Botanist I. 194 Pisiferous Cape Osteospermum... Thorny African sweet-scented Osteospermum. 1836 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Plants (rev. ed.) 742 Osteospermum. From..a bone and..seed, in allusion to the hardness of the fruit. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. Bone-seed, the common name for Osteospermum. 1956 Dict. Gardening (Royal Hort. Soc.) (ed. 2) III. 1454/1 Osteospermum... A genus of about 70 species of shrubs or sub-shrubs (rarely herbs), natives of Africa with alternate (very rarely opposite) leaves. 1988 Pract. Gardening May 41/2 Osteospermums..provide constant, cool colour but some have appalling habits and none of them open in dull weather. 1996 Independent on Sunday 11 Aug. 54/3 At ground level, massive clumps of daisy-like osteospermums, in eye-catching shades, are a continuing theme throughout. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1754 |
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