英语词汇“gesneriad”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

gesneriad

/ɡɛsˈnɪərɪad

/ /dʒɛsˈnɪərɪad/

noun

A tropical plant of a family that includes African violets, gloxinias, and their relatives.

Family Gesneriaceae.

Volunteer guides roam the greenhouses ready to answer questions about rooms filled with rain forest tropical plants, blooming orchids, aroids and gesneriads....

Their catalogue lists more than 100 streptocarpus, around 40 named saintpaulias, a host of other gesneriads, coleus and 60 begonias grown mainly for foliage.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from modern Latin Gesneria (genus name), from the name of Conrad von Gesner (1516–65), Swiss naturalist, + -ad¹.

单词	gesneriad
释义	gesneriad /ɡɛsˈnɪərɪad / /dʒɛsˈnɪərɪad/ noun A tropical plant of a family that includes African violets, gloxinias, and their relatives. Family Gesneriaceae. Volunteer guides roam the greenhouses ready to answer questions about rooms filled with rain forest tropical plants, blooming orchids, aroids and gesneriads.... Their catalogue lists more than 100 streptocarpus, around 40 named saintpaulias, a host of other gesneriads, coleus and 60 begonias grown mainly for foliage. Origin Mid 19th century: from modern Latin Gesneria (genus name), from the name of Conrad von Gesner (1516–65), Swiss naturalist, + -ad¹.
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