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单词 arethusa
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Arethusan.

Brit. /ˌarᵻˈθjuːzə/, U.S. /ˌɛrəˈθuzə/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Arethusa.
Etymology: < scientific Latin Arethusa, genus name ( J. F. Gronovius Flora Virginica (1743) II. 184) < classical Latin Arethūsa, name of a nymph, and of a spring at Syracuse associated with her in legend.
Botany.
A genus of orchids of the temperate northern hemisphere, now restricted to the single species A. bulbosa (dragon's mouth orchid), which is a rare bog plant of eastern North America with a magenta (or, rarely, white) flower; (also arethusa) an orchid of this genus, or formerly included in it.Valid publication of the genus name: Linnaeus Species plantarum (1753) 950. Other species formerly placed in this genus are now classified in other genera including Pogonia and Eleorchis.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > orchids
satyrionOE
bollockwort?a1300
sanicle14..
bollock?a1425
martagon1548
orchis1559
dogstones1562
hare's-ballocks1562
stone1562
bollock grass1578
dog's cods1578
dog's cullions1578
double-leaf1578
fly-orchis1578
goat's cullions1578
goat's orchis1578
priest's pintle1578
twayblade1578
bee-orchis1597
bifoil1597
bird's nest1597
bird's orchis1597
butterfly orchis1597
fenny-stones1597
gelded satyrion1597
gnat satyrion1597
humble-bee orchis1597
lady's slipper1597
sweet ballocks1597
two-blade1605
cullions1611
bee-flower1626
fly-flower1640
man orchis1670
musk orchis1670
moccasin flower1680
gnat-flower1688
faham tea1728
Ophrys1754
green man orchis1762
Arethusa1764
honey flower1771
cypripedium1775
rattlesnake plantain1778
Venus's slipper1785
Adam and Eve1789
lizard orchis179.
epidendrum1791
Pogonia?1801
Vanda1801
cymbidium1815
Oncidium1822
putty-root1822
Noah's Ark1826
yellow moccasin1826
gongora1827
cattleya1828
green man1828
nervine1828
stanhopea1829
dove-flower1831
catasetum1836
Odontoglossum1836
Miltonia1837
letter plant1838
spread eagle1838
letter-leaf1839
swan-plant1841
orchid1843
disa1844
masdevallia1845
Phalaenopsis1846
faham1850
Indian crocus1850
moccasin plant1850
pleione1851
dove orchis1852
nerve root1854
Holy Ghost flower1862
basket-plant1865
lizard's tongue1866
mousetail1866
Sobralia1866
swan-neck1866
swanwort1866
Indian shoe1876
odontoglot1879
wreathewort1879
moth orchid1880
rattlesnake orchid1881
dendrobe1882
dove-plant1882
Madeira orchis1882
man orchis1882
swan-flower1884
slipper-orchid1885
slipper orchis1889
mayflower1894
scorpion orchid1897
moederkappie1910
dove orchid1918
monkey orchid1925
man orchid1927
1764 J. Berkenhout Clavis Anglica Linguæ Bot. sig. Q3v Orchideæ..consists of the following genera, viz., Orchis, Satyrium,..Limodorum, Arethusa.
1792 W. Bartram Trav. N. & S. Carolina (new ed.) iii. iii. 340 At this rural retirement were assembled a charming circle of mountain vegetable beauties;..Cypripedium, Arethusa, Ophrys, Sanguinaria..&c.
1847 J. H. Mather Geogr. State N.Y. 33 Arethusa, Pogonia,..and the graceful White Lady's Tress are not less deserving a place in the garden.
1881 Harper's Mag. Dec. 80/2 All who love the hemlock woods will remember the..sweet-scented arethusa, with its lovely purple blossom.
1968 J. McPhee Pine Barrens viii. 127 Twenty three kinds of orchids grow in the Pine Barrens—including..the white arethusa, the rose pogonia, and the helleborine.
2005 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 14 Apr. d2/1 Even if they were plentiful, arethusas would be off limits to gardeners because they are almost impossible to domesticate and very slow to bloom.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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