the telegraph plant, Codariocalyx motorius (formerly known as Desmodium gyrans).
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| 释义 | the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > non-British plants or herbs > [noun] > Asian or Indian (7) moving plant1787 the telegraph plant, Codariocalyx motorius (formerly known as Desmodium gyrans). elephant's foot1789 (a) a species of Yam (Testudinaria elephantipes); (b) a plant belonging to the genus Elephantopus. Indian lettuce1791 any of several American plants, esp.: (a) Carolina gentian, Frasera caroliniensis; (b) round-leaved wintergreen, Pyrola rotundifolia; (c) winter… Sonerila1846 A genus of tropical Asian herbaceous plants and subshrubs (family Melastomataceae), the members of which have showy racemes or spikes of usually… telegraph plant1856 a tropical Asian shrub, Codariocalyx motorius (formerly Desmodium gyrans) (family Fabaceae), remarkable for the spontaneous movements of its… whirling plant1866 the ‘telegraph-plant’, Desmodium gyrans (see telegraph plant n. at telegraph, n. compounds 2). mitsuba1890 Japanese honewort, a small leafy perennial herb, Cryptotaenia japonica (family Apiaceae (Umbelliferae)), native to eastern Asia, esp. Japan… |
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