单词 | garcinia |
释义 | garcinian. Botany. A member of the genus so named of tropical, evergreen trees, belonging to the family Guttiferæ and found in Asia, Africa, and Polynesia; some species produce gamboge, and another is the mangosteen. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > other non-British trees or shrubs > [noun] andrachne1601 genip1666 allspice1686 allspice tree1691 Morinda1754 garcinia1760 pea tree1766 canarium1776 Pemphis1777 oak tree1789 buddleia1791 ixora1816 Canary wood1820 persea1823 naio1826 plume nutmeg1846 partridge pea1852 Leichhardt-tree1860 hardwood1864 scrubwood1874 tree lily1891 pagoda tree1940 schefflera1954 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. xi. 25 In respect to its Apex or Top, it [sc. the calyx] is either Acute, sharp, as in Primula..Obtuse, blunt, as in Nymphæa and Garcinia; or with one of its Indents lopped off, as in Verbena. 1886 G. Nicholson Illustr. Dict. Gardening II. 43/2 Garcinias thrive in a peat and loam compost. 1890 W. J. Gordon Foundry 126 The garcinia that yields the gamboge. 1951 Dict. Gardening (Royal Hort. Soc.) II. 858/1 Garcinias need stove conditions and a compost of loam and peat. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.1760 |
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