单词 | passiflora |
释义 | passifloran. A plant of the genus Passiflora (family Passifloraceae), comprising the passion flowers; a passion flower. Also (in form Passiflora): the genus itself.Valid publication of the genus name: Linnaeus Species Plantarum (1753) II. 955. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > climbing, trailing, or creeping shrubs > [noun] > passion-flowers maracock1609 passion flower1633 Virginian climber1688 passion-tree1728 love-in-a-mist1731 honeysuckle1756 passiflora1760 passionwort1846 New Zealand passion-flower1853 passion vine1853 1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 327 Passiflora foliis ovatis... The Honey-suckle..cultivated in many parts of America, for the sake of its fruit.] 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 317 Water Lemon, Passiflora. 1763 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 105/2 The fruit of the Passiflora was cut in high perfection, at Castle-Howard, in Yorkshire..the best of the tropical fruits. 1826 Gardener's Mag. 1 i. 15 The granadilla..is a well known West Indian fruit, produced by various kinds of passiflora. 1869 C. Darwin in Life & Lett. (1887) III. 279 The elaborate series of chevaux-de-frise, by which the nectary of the common Passiflora is guarded. 1897 J. C. Willis Man. Flowering Plants I. 103 Passiflora sp., Abutilon sp. and many more are ‘humming-bird flowers’. 1976 Country Life 19 Feb. 628/4 Passifloras that rioted summer-long..have been brought to order. 2002 OG Jan. 11/1 To some gardeners, the blossoms of the passionflower (Passiflora) are sensual and exotic. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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