skimmian.

Etymology: modern Latin (C. P. Thunberg Nova Genera Plantarum (1783) iii. 57), < Japanese (mijama-) skimmi, the name of the plant.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈskimmia.

Botany.

An evergreen shrub of the genus so called, belonging to the family Rutaceæ, native to Japan, China, or the Himalayas, and bearing panicles of small white flowers followed by red berries. Cf. shikimi n.

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1853 Curtis's Bot. Mag. 79 4719 (heading) Japan Skimmia.

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 1064/2 Skimmia, the name of a genus of evergreen shrubs, with oblong entire stalked leathery dotted leaves, and flowers in terminal panicles.

1882 Garden 1 Apr. 210/1 These Skimmias are excellent evergreens.

1908 G. Jekyll Colour in Flower Garden xi. 104 Here are green Aucubas and Skimmias.

1925 A. J. Macself Flowering Trees & Shrubs xi. 179 Cuttings of Skimmias root very well in sandy peat under bell-glasses.

1960 Times 24 Sept. 9/3 There are..the skimmias, but here we have to be..more careful, because some of them are monosexual.

1980 Plantsman 1 237 Skimmias prefer deep heavy fertile acid moist soils.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	skimmia
释义	skimmian. Etymology: modern Latin (C. P. Thunberg Nova Genera Plantarum (1783) iii. 57), < Japanese (mijama-) skimmi, the name of the plant.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈskimmia. Botany. An evergreen shrub of the genus so called, belonging to the family Rutaceæ, native to Japan, China, or the Himalayas, and bearing panicles of small white flowers followed by red berries. Cf. shikimi n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > non-British shrubs > [noun] > Asian Japan allspice1789 ramie1817 kaffir lime1824 luculia1826 rice-paper plant1832 pith plant1834 chimonanthus1836 jiti1836 rhea1837 leycesteria1838 wintersweet1846 crape-myrtle1850 skimmia1853 China-grass1858 taccada1866 saxaul1874 white kerria1900 sarcococca1914 1853 Curtis's Bot. Mag. 79 4719 (heading) Japan Skimmia. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 1064/2 Skimmia, the name of a genus of evergreen shrubs, with oblong entire stalked leathery dotted leaves, and flowers in terminal panicles. 1882 Garden 1 Apr. 210/1 These Skimmias are excellent evergreens. 1908 G. Jekyll Colour in Flower Garden xi. 104 Here are green Aucubas and Skimmias. 1925 A. J. Macself Flowering Trees & Shrubs xi. 179 Cuttings of Skimmias root very well in sandy peat under bell-glasses. 1960 Times 24 Sept. 9/3 There are..the skimmias, but here we have to be..more careful, because some of them are monosexual. 1980 Plantsman 1 237 Skimmias prefer deep heavy fertile acid moist soils. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1853
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