| 释义 |
eucomis Bot.|juːˈkəʊmɪs|
[mod.L. (C. L. L'Héritier Sertum Anglicum (1788) 17), ad. Gr. εὐκόµης fair-haired, beautiful-headed, f. εὐ- (see eu-) + κόµη hair.]
A plant of the liliaceous genus so named, comprising certain bulbous plants native to southern and tropical Africa, having a crown of large leaves on the flower-spike.
1804H. C. Andrews Botanist's Repos. VI. Pl. 369 Purple-stalked Eucomis... Eucomis, with a clavated scape, leaves pointing many ways expanded orbicular-spatula-shaped. 1884[see pineapple flower s.v. pineapple 3 b]. 1966House & Garden Dec. 61/1 (caption) The delicate Eucomis, from South Africa, raises its splendid head of flower. 1966E. Palmer Plains of Camdeboo xvii. 283 The other green or green and white flowers of the veld, such as the Eucomis..which bears a great tuft of leaves above its greenish inflorescence. |