| 释义 |
ixia|ˈɪksɪə|
[L., a. Gr. ἰξία.]
‖1. Name in Greek and Latin for the plant also called chameleon (q.v., sense 3), a kind of thistle yielding an acrid resin. Obs.
1551Turner Herbal i. A v b, It is good against the poyson of ixia with wyne. 1601Holland Pliny II. 64 Most effectuall..for them that haue drunke the gum of Chamelæon, called Ixia. 1706Phillips, Ixia or Ixine, a sort of Carduus; an Herb which some call Cameleon.
2. Bot. A genus of S. African iridaceous plants, with large showy flowers of various colours. Also extended to some allied plants, as a species of Trichonema cultivated in the Channel Islands.
1794Martyn Rousseau's Bot. xiv. 154 There are some very beautiful genera in..this class, particularly the Ixia and Iris. 1804C. Smith Conversations II. 119 An almost endless variety of ixias. 1862Ansted Channel Isl. ii. viii. (ed. 2) 175 The little species of ixia, trichonema columnæ, is particularly remarkable among the spring flowers. 1880Parkman France & Eng. Amer. 58 From the grass gleams the blue eye of the starry ixia.
3. Comb. ixia-lily, a name for the plants of the genus Ixiolirion (family Amaryllidaceæ), natives of Asia, with blue or violet funnel-shaped six-parted flowers.
1866Treas. Bot. 682/2. 1884 Miller Plant-n. |