| 释义 |
ixora|ɪkˈsɔərə|
[mod.L. (Linnæus in J. Burmann Thesaurus Zeylanicus (1737) 125), ad. Iswara, name of a Hindu divinity, = Skr. īšvará lord, master: so named because the flowers of some species are used as votive offerings.]
An evergreen shrub or small tree of the genus so called, mostly native to tropical Africa and Asia and bearing clusters of white or brightly-coloured flowers.
1816Bot. Reg. II. 154 (heading) Large-flowered scarlet Ixora. 1846J. Lindley Veget. Kingd. 764 The fragrance or beauty..of the Gardenias, Hindsias, Posoquerias, Ixoras..&c. is unsurpassed. 1871C. Kingsley At Last I. vii. 231 The air was..almost too heavy with the fragrance of the ‘white Ixora’. 1926D. H. Campbell Outl. Plant Geogr. vi. 214 In the upper forest [of Sarawak], a handsome Ixora..was abundant. 1961Amateur Gardening 21 Oct. Suppl. 29/3 For those with plenty of heat in the greenhouse the ixoras are well worth growing. |