单词 | beauty bush |
释义 | > as lemmasbeauty bush beauty bush n. a hardy deciduous shrub, Kolkwitzia amabilis (family Caprifoliaceae), native to central and eastern China and bearing tubular white to pink flowers and brown bristly fruits. [In quot. 1840 rendering a local name for Fuchsia denticulata, reported (as ‘Mollo-Ccantu , id est Planta formosa’) in H. Ruiz & J. Pavon Flora Peruviana (1802) III. 87; compare Quechua mulli (also molle , mollo , etc.) tree (specifically Peruvian mastic, Schinus molle: see molle n.2) and kantu bush with colourful tubular flowers, Cantua buxifolia.] ΚΠ 1840 Edwards's Bot. Reg. 26 70 It is in this part of the world that the race of Fuchsias..developes those colours and forms which have gained for it among the Peruvians the name of Beauty-bush (Molle Ccantu).] 1927 National Nurseryman Mar. 79 (advt.) Kolkwitzia Amabilis, Beautybush... One of the most beautiful and rarest Arnold Arboretum introductions. A limited number offered to live nurserymen. 1931 E. I. Farrington Ernest H. Wilson: Plant Hunter ii. 23 Perhaps his favorite..was Kolkwitzia amabilis, which is a sort of glorified weigela, and to which the discoverer gave the common name of Beauty Bush. 2008 Independent 12 July (Mag.) 69/2 Kolkwitzia amabilis (beauty bush) has tiny foxglove flowers carried on upright, arching stems. < as lemmas |
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