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单词 sabbatia
释义 sabbatia|sæˈbeɪʃɪə|
Also sabatia.
[mod.L. (M. Adanson Familles des Plantes (1763) II. 503 as Sabatia), f. the name of Constantino and Liberato Sabbati, 18th-cent. Italian botanists + -ia1.]
An annual or perennial herb of the genus so called, belonging to the family Gentianaceæ, native to eastern North America, and bearing clusters of pink or white flowers.
1814Curtis's Bot. Mag. XXXIX. 1600 (heading) Dichotomous sabbatia.1847W. Darlington Agric. Bot. 260 Angular sabbatia. Centaury.1902L. H. Bailey Cycl. Amer. Hort. IV. 1594/2 Sabbatias require a light, sweet soil.1949Natural Hist. June 278/3 On grassy, pine-sprinkled savannas, in the company of gaudy sabbatias, insignificant burmannias, and orange habenarias.1972F. Perry Flowers of World 123/1 Sabatia (Sabbatia) are annual or biennial [sic] plants from North America with erect branching stems... The plants contain a bitter principle and when dried are used as a tonic.
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