| 单词 | chaff flower |
| 释义 | > as lemmaschaff flower chaff flower n. any of various plants of the genera Achyranthes and Alternanthera (family Amaranthaceae), the members of which are herbaceous perennials and shrubs found in subtropical and tropical regions of the Old and New Worlds.Attested chiefly in dictionaries of plants and in regional floras.Perhaps so called because of bracts and bractlets located beneath each flower. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Amaranthaceae (amaranth and allies) > [noun] larix1548 frog grass1597 cockcomb1687 coxcomb1718 amarantoid1736 alternanthera1866 amarantad1866 iresine1866 rooster comb1959 amarant- chaff-flower- 1804 J. Donn Hortus Cantabrigiensis (ed. 3) 40 (table) Achyranthes, Chaff-flower. 1885 G. Watt Dict. Econ. Products India I. 81 A[chyranthes] aspera, Linn. The Prickly Chaff-flower. 2010 A. Richardson & K. King Plants Deep South Texas 58/1 This species is somewhat spiny but not extremely prickly to touch, as is the spiny leaf chaff flower, A[lternanthera] pungens. < as lemmas |
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