释义 |
‖ Paullinia Bot.|pɔːˈlɪnɪə| [mod.L. (Linnæus, 1737), from the name of C. F. Paullini, a German botanist.] A genus of tropical American and West African climbing shrubs (family Sapindaceæ); a plant of this genus.
1753Chambers Cycl. Supp., Paulinia. 1833Whittier Toussaint l'Ouverture 16 The lithe paullinia's verdant fold. |