单词 | star hyacinth |
释义 | > as lemmasstar hyacinth star hyacinth n. Scilla amœna.extracted from hyacinthn.star hyacinth star hyacinth n. (a) any of several bulbous perennial plants of the genus Scilla (family Asparagaceae) which bloom in early spring and are cultivated for their blue stellate flowers, esp. S. amoena; (b) an autumnal flowering plant Prospero autumnale (family Asparagaceae) native to the Mediterranean and Great Britain, having blue or purple stellate flowers. [Apparently after post-classical Latin Hyacinthus stellaris (1586 or earlier) and Hyacinthus stellatus (1597 or earlier: compare quot. 1597); compare Dutch sterhyacinth (1644). Although the post-classical Latin name is given as Hyacinthus stellatus Fuchsii in early sources, this apparently refers to the fact that L. Fuchs (1501–66) described the plant, no similar name having been traced in his work.] ΚΠ 1597 J. Gerard Herball i. lxx. 98 Likewise we haue another sort in our London gardens of this starry Hyacinths, like vnto the Hyacinths of Fuchsius description.] 1670 J. Ray Catalogus Plantarum Angliæ 173 Hyacinthus stellatus Fuchsii Ger.... Small Vernal Star-Hyacinth. 1758 W. Borlase Nat. Hist. Cornwall 233 Lesser autumnal star-hyacinth. 1814 J. Evans Picture of Bristol 148 Scilla, autumnalis. Autumnal squil, or star hyacinth, near the Limekiln on Clifton-hill. 1909 L. H. Soutar Monthly Gleanings in Sc. Garden 30 The star hyacinth Scilla prœcox (sibirica) had burst its fat sheaths, and the lovely ultramarine blue of the flower was peeping out. 2012 Lippincott's Man. Toxicol. lxii. 410 (table) Star hyacinth. Scilla amoena. [Toxins/Effects] Cardiac glycosides. < as lemmas |
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