英语词汇“blood flower”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

blood flower n. (a) a tropical American milkweed, Asclepias curassavica, which has orange-red flowers and was formerly used medicinally as a styptic and purgative; (b) = blood lily n.

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1725 H. Sloane Voy. Islands II. p. x The same Gentleman takes notice of the next..which he says is commonly call'd in Jamaica Blood Flower, &c. from its stopping Blood, when other Medicines fail'd.

1771 R. Weston Universal Botanist II. 375 Hæmanthus, Blood flower, or African Tulip... Spotted-stalked Guinea Hæmanthus.

1827 W. P. C. Barton Outl. Lect. Materia Med. II. 70 The Asclepias Curassavica, which is native of Jamaica, is called (in flower) blood-flower from its reputed efficacy in stopping bloody flux.

1894 Cassell’s Family Mag. 8 278/2 The viscid, acrid juice of the Blood-flower bulbs was used by the Hottentots to poison their arrows.

1922 M. Hampden Bulb Gardening xiii. 146 Attention must be directed towards the Blood-flower, or Hæmanthus, because the scarlet and crimsons are of intense merit in a glasshouse.

2002 L. Hodgson Annuals for Every Purpose 367/1 The hot colors of blood flower (Asclepias curassavica) add a vibrant spark to blues and purples.

单词	blood flower
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