单词 | globularia |
释义 | globularian. A plant of the Eurasian and North African genus Globularia (family Plantaginaceae), which comprises low growing herbs with pink, purple, or white flowers held on long stems above the leaves, commonly grown in gardens for ornament; cf. globe-daisy n. at globe n. Compounds 2. Also (in form Globularia): the genus itself.Valid publication of the genus name: Linnaeus Species Plantarum (1753) 95. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Plantaginaceae > [noun] waybreadeOE ribeOE psylliumOE waybread leafOE plantaina1325 herb Ivec1386 ersworta1400 psyllya1425 flea-seed1562 buck's-horn plantain1578 fleabane1578 hartshorn1578 lamb's tongue1578 rose plantain1597 rose ribwort1597 globularia1728 fire-leaves1796 ribwort1846 hoary plantain1861 goatweed1864 hartshorn plantain- 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 512 The blewe Daisie is called Bellis carulea: of some Globularia, of the rounde forme of the flower.] 1728 R. Bradley Dict. Botanicum Globe Daisy, or Blue Daisy, is Globularia & Bellis cœrulea, which see. 1806 B. M'Mahon Amer. Gardener's Cal. 603 Globularia vulgaris. European Globularia, or Blue Daisy. 1842 C. W. Johnson Farmer's Encycl. 565/1 The green-house species of Globularia thrive well in a mixture of loam and peat. 1906 Times 26 Sept. 7/2 The Dryas and the Globularia are both such strong growers that there is little fear of either smothering the other. 1950 Robesonian (Lumberton, N. Carolina) 5 Apr. 12/4 A pretty little plant for the rock garden is Globularia (Globe daisy). The blooms are little balls of blue, the plants are neat and have shiny leaves. 1972 Kew Bull. 26 593 Part four covers an interesting small family in which it is shown that the genus Globularia is stenopalynous. 2008 News Tribune (Tacoma, Washington) (Nexis) 10 May He points to globularia he found in Turkey [and] cotoneaster he found clinging to rocks in Nepal. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1728 |
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