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单词 clivia
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clivia


cliv·i·a

C5429925 (klĭv′ē-ə, klī′vē-ə)n. Any of various plants in the genus Clivia, native to southern Africa and widely cultivated as ornamentals for their cluster of reddish-orange or yellow flowers borne on a long stalk.
[After Lady Charlotte Florentia Clive (1787-1866), Duchess of Northumberland, in whose conservatory the first specimen of the genus to flower in England was grown.]

clivia

(ˈklaɪvɪə) n (Plants) a plant belonging to the family Amaryllidaceae

Clivia


Clivia

 

a genus of plants of the family Amaryllidaceae. They are perennial evergreen plants with a short stem, small vertical rhizome, and thick fleshy roots. The leaves are leathery and lorate. The flowers, which have a simple six-membered orange, reddish orange, or yellowish pink corolla, are funnelform or tubular and gathered into umbels. The fruit is an orangish red berry. Three species are native to Southern Africa; they are cultivated as ornamentals. The species Clivia miniata has become a common indoor plant. Plants of the genus Clivia are propagated with rhizome offshoots and seeds.

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