| 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). < | 
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