| 单词 | botanical name |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbotanical name botanical name n. the name of a species or genus of plant in scientific or post-classical Latin, or a name derived from this; (occasionally also) an English plant name used chiefly by botanists. ΚΠ 1733 P. Shaw in tr. F. Bacon Philos. Wks. III. 62 (note) What is the Botanical Name and Nature of this Flower? 1813 T. Jefferson Let. 8 Dec. in Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Exped. (1905) VII. 393 We call it the snow-berry bush, no botanical name being yet given to it. 1897 Meehan’s Monthly Apr. 61/1 ‘Syphilitic Lobelia’..is the botanical name translated. 1962 E. Gibbons Stalking Wild Asparagus (1970) 21 This common aquatic plant is also known as Arrowleaf or Duck Potatoes. The botanical name of the genus is Sagittaria. 2011 R. Fortey Survivors vi. 158 The plant is called a liverwort... The old botanical name of hepatics reflects the same etymology. < as lemmas |
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