单词 | pineapple flower |
释义 | > as lemmaspineapple flower pineapple flower n. any plant of the genus Eucomis (family Hyacinthaceae), so called from the tuft of leaflike bracts, resembling that of the pineapple, which crowns the inflorescence. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > non-British flowers > of Africa ghap1819 Streptocarpus1828 pineapple flower1884 African violet1895 saintpaulia1895 Cape hyacinth1924 bottle tree1931 desert rose1942 1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants Eucomis, Pine-apple-flower. 1902 T. W. Sanders Encycl. Gardening (ed. 5) 126 Eucomis (Pine-apple Flower, King's Flower)... Half-hardy bulbous flowering plants. Evergreen. Nat. Cape of Good Hope. 1995 C. Brickell Garden Plants 159/1 [A] strong flowering stem with dense raceme of starry..flowers, topped by a rosette of small leaves (hence the common name, Pineapple Flower). < as lemmas |
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