单词 | peperomia |
释义 | Peperomian. Botany. A large mostly tropical American genus of the pepper family ( Piperaceae), consisting of small herbaceous succulent plants, many of them epiphytic, and including a number grown as house plants for their variegated foliage; (also peperomia) a plant of this genus. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > non-British plants or herbs > [noun] > tropical > other tropical plants Peperomia1837 pepperweed1871 parakeelya1885 colea1927 1837 C. F. Partington Brit. Cycl. Nat. Hist. III. 421/1 Peperomia (Ruiz and Pavon), a genus of American herbaceous perennials, belonging to the Piperaceæ. 1882 Garden 15 July 41/3 Very few of the Peperomias are worthy of general culture. 1952 P. W. Richards Trop. Rain Forest (1966) v. 101 A few epiphytes, e.g. South American Peperomia and Vriesia spp., also have variegated leaves. 1978 Homes & Gardens Apr. 34/2 Take cuttings... Plants which can be increased like this are impatiens, tradescantia,..and peperomia. 1994 Life June 65/1 In their quest for light, vines like this peperomia piggyback on the trunk. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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