单词 | bocconia |
释义 | bocconian. A tall herbaceous plant or shrub of the papaveraceous genus of the name, with large lobed leaves and panicles of flowers. The favourite species is B. cordata, with cream-coloured flowers growing on tall stems. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > foliage, house, or garden plants > [noun] > other ornamental plants milkwood1696 bignonia1719 Molucca balm1731 gunnera1789 lantana1791 aubrietia1829 zebrina1846 alocasia1858 billbergia1858 prickly thrift1866 bocconia1867 prickly rhubarb1895 prayer plant1951 1867 K. Prosper in Floral World Apr. 107 I have had the honour to introduce the Bocconia to cultivation on the continent... This plant is of most quick growth, the great leaves are deeply notched, and with much of whitish colour. The flowers are like poppies..and the colour rose, or pink, or white. 1902 W. P. Wright Cassell's Dict. Gard. I. 128 The herbaceous Bocconias like a rich, heavy soil. 1961 Times 2 Dec. 11/4 Herbaceous plants such as..bocconias. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1867 |
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