单词 | ceropegia |
释义 | ceropegia /sear'euh pee"jee euh, -jeuh/, n. any of various, usually climbing or trailing, plants of the genus Ceropegia, native to the Old World tropics and often cultivated as houseplants. [ < NL (Linnaeus) < Gk kero- CERO- + NL -pegia, perh. < Gk -pegia, n. deriv. of pegnýnai to stick in, fix in; perh. to be taken as "candle holder"; cf. Linnaeus' specific name candelabrum] |
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