| 单词 | savannah flower |
| 释义 | > as lemmassavannah flower savannah flower n. any of several shrubs or climbing plants of (or formerly of) the genus Echites (family Apocynaceae), typically found in tropical America, which have showy five-petalled flowers and are frequently poisonous. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > climbing or creeping plants > non-British climbing or creeping plants > [noun] > American or West Indian water withy1559 West Indian China-root1577 savannah flower1696 water withe1696 Spanish woodbine1731 potato vine1750 Indian grass1753 seven-year vine1756 tropaeolum1759 woodbine1760 water vine1774 canariensis1835 Philodendron1840 Monstera1858 twig-climber1900 money bush1924 potato creeper1925 sweetheart plant1963 1696 H. Sloane Catal. Plantarum in Jamaica 89 Savanna Flour. 1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 182 The Savanna Flower... This plant is common in the Savannas about Kingston. 1864 M. Reid Maroon III. v. 35 In the sparkling ‘swizzle’ was an infusion of the baneful Savannah flower... One of the deadliest of vegetable poisons! 1910 P. Henderson Henderson's Handbk. Plants & Gen. Hort. 2/396 Savannah Flower, a name applied to Echites suberecta and other species. 2006 J. Kenny Flowers Trinidad & Tobago 74/1 The savanna flower is a vine that is common on savanna borders, clearings and road verges. < as lemmas |
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