单词 | proteaceous |
释义 | proteaceousadj. Botany. Of, relating to, or designating the family Proteaceae, which comprises evergreen trees and shrubs native chiefly to southern Africa and Australia, typified by the genus Protea. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Proteaceae family or plant > [adjective] proteaceous1819 1819 H. M. Williams tr. A. von Humboldt Personal Narr. Trav. IV. xvii. 333 A tree of the proteaceous family, called chaparro by the natives, which is a new species of rhopala. 1835 Penny Cycl. III. 123/2 Multitudes of proteaceous plants, with their hard and woody leaves [near Port Jackson, S. Australia]. 1901 Cycl. Amer. Hort.: N–Q 1439/1 The interest in proteaceous plants is growing in southern California. 1947 Jrnl. Ecol. 35 32 In the upper Cunene and Cubango basins may be noted local small communities of a raffia-palm, a bamboo..and a Proteaceous shrub. 1988 Garden (Royal Hort. Soc.) Feb. 88/1 Continuous mulching year by year with good vegetable compost has created a soil rich enough for camellias and various proteaceous plants. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1819 |
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