单词 | anacharis |
释义 | anacharisn. A North American water-weed ( A. Alsinastrum, also called Elodea Canadensis) the only species of its genus, remarkable for its unexplained appearance in Britain in 1842, and the rapidity with which it filled canals, ditches, and ponds, all over the country. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > aquatic, marsh, and sea-shore plants > [noun] > water-thyme water-weeda1300 hydrilla1824 anacharis1848 water thyme1853 elodea1894 1848 Phytol. III. 30 A specimen of the Leicestershire Udora or Anacharis. 1848 Phytol. III. 390 The force of the current detached small sprigs of the Anacharis. 1852 W. Marshall New Water Weed 6 Last year the Anacharis was noticed by myself and others in the river at Ely. 1855 C. Kingsley Glaucus 158 Anacharis alsinastrum, that magical weed which, lately introduced from Canada among timber, has multiplied, self-sown. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1884; most recently modified version published online March 2011). < n.1848 |
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