单词 | alcea |
释义 | alcean. Any of numerous Eurasian biennial or short-lived perennial plants of the genus Alcea (family Malvaceae), which have erect stems and large showy flowers and include the hollyhock, A. rosea; (also, in form Alcea) the genus itself. Also: any of various other plants of the family Malvaceae with similar flowers. Cf. althea n.Valid publication of the genus name: Linnaeus Species plantarum (1753) II. 687. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Malvaceae (mallows and allies) > [noun] hockc725 malloweOE crisp mallowa1300 altheaa1398 mawa1400 maula1425 alceac1440 malva1527 vervain mallow1548 cut mallow1565 dwarf mallow1578 curled mallow1620 musk1728 Sida1753 curled-leaved mallow1754 marshmallow1814 round dock1825 mallow wort1845 crisped-leaved mallow1846 Modiola1856 velvet-leaf1856 fairy cheeses1869 pancakes1882 frog cheese1886 musk plant1898 c1440 Liber de Diversis Med. 74 (MED) Tak þe rote of alcea, one Englische called wymalue. 1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum lxv. 308 The common Alcea or Vervaine Mallow is thought to be most effectuall for burstings or ruptures. a1726 H. Barham Hortus Americanus (1794) 198 Of the American alceas, the bark of one sort is as good as any European hemp. 1760 P. Miller Gardeners Kalendar (ed. 12) 266 Plants in Flower in the Green-House and Stove. Geraniums of several sorts..Oleanders, Alceas, Ketmias of several sorts. 1837 Chinese Repository 5 472 There are some who obtain opium from species of the alcea, or the hibiscus. 1883 Nature 3 May 112/1 Nobody could recognise either the Salix or the Alcea among the hundred Egyptian species of plants enumerated by Pliny. 1917 E. E. Shaw Garden Flowers Autumn 128 Alcea has flowers in clusters, and of deep rose. 2005 A. McIndoe & K. Hobbs Perennials 132/1 Like all plants in the mallow family, alceas.., thrive in full sun. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1440 |
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