单词 | platycodon |
释义 | platycodonn. A perennial plant, Platycodon grandiflorus (family Campanulaceae), native to China and Japan, grown for its light blue saucer-shaped flowers (balloon-shaped when in bud); (also) the genus itself. Also called balloon-flower. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > bellflowers bell-flower1578 bluebell1578 Canterbury bells1578 Coventry bells1578 Coventry Marians1578 Coventry rapes1578 fair-in-sight1578 gauntlet1578 haskwort1578 Marian's violet1578 throatwort1578 lady's looking glass1597 mariet1597 Mercury's violet1597 peach-bells1597 steeple bells1597 uvula-wort1597 Venus looking-glass1597 campanula1664 Spanish bell1664 corn-violet1665 rampion1688 Venus' glass1728 harebell1767 heath-bell1805 witch bell1808 slipperwort1813 meadow-bell1827 greygle1844 platycodon1844 lady's thimble1853 kikyo1884 witches' bells1884 balloon flower1901 fairy thimble1914 mountain bell1923 1844 J. W. Loudon Ladies' Flower-garden Ornamental Perennials II. 52 The Large-flowered platycodon. 1905 H. R. Ely Another Hardy Garden Bk. v. 141 By the third year the Platycodons become large, strong plants. 1937 E. Dunbar & C. Mahoney Gardener's Choice 139 The best way of increasing the Platycodon is from seed. 1977 J. Jeffreys Perennials for Cutting ii. 160 In a suitable site this platycodon is fully hardy and long-lived. 1994 Org. Gardening Feb. 79/1 Start easy perennials such as platycodon (balloon flower) and annuals. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1844 |
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