单词 | gousblom |
释义 | gousblomn. South African. A plant with showy flowers belonging to any of various species of Arctotis, Gazania, and some other related genera of the family Compositæ. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > composite flowers > other composite flowers ox-eyea1400 starwort?a1450 Jupiter's beard1567 goldenrod1568 achillea1597 blue camomile1597 blue daisy1597 cineraria1597 hog's bean1597 jackanapes on horseback1597 sea-starwort1597 sultan flower1629 mouse-ear1696 aster1706 Canada goldenrod1731 ageratum1737 rudbeckia1751 coreopsis1753 melampodium1754 Aaron's rod1760 zinnia1761 Michaelmas daisy1767 China aster1785 New England aster1785 catananche1798 sea-aster1812 cosmea1813 cosmos1813 gazania1813 erigeron1815 gousblom1822 Christmas daisy1829 rhodanthe1834 tassel-flower1836 ligularia1839 old maid1839 mountain daisy1848 purple coneflower1848 acroclinium1852 sea ox-eye1856 thimble-weed1860 helipterum1862 treasure-flower1866 Swan River daisy1873 blanket flower1879 cone-flower1879 blue marguerite1882 Solidago1883 yellow-top1887 Gaillardia1888 gerbera1889 youth and old age1889 pussytoes1892 niggerhead1893 Transvaal daisy1899 Barberton daisy1906 onion grass1909 ursinia1928 Cupid's dart1930 Livingstone daisy1932 1822 W. J. Burchell Trav. Interior S. Afr. I. xi. 229 The term Goudsbloem, like too many of the colonial names, is applied gratuitously to various plants, fancied to have a resemblance to the Marygold. Different species of Arctotis have generally been pointed out to me for it, and sometimes a kind of Cotula. 1902 H. J. Duckitt Hilda's Diary Cape Housekeeper 190 In September the ground is literally carpeted with endless varieties of gazenias—local name Gousbloom. 1950 Cape Argus 5 Aug. 7/5 Namaqualand's most famous flower is the large, brilliant yellow gousblom... Smaller varieties of gousblom are seen in many colours. The arctotis, for example, is a more delicate flower. 1957 Cape Times 31 July 1/3 Every piece of uncultivated ground splashed with orange, white and yellow of the gousblomme. 1971 Cape Times 28 Aug. 1/7 The display of cinerarias, forget-me-nots, daisies, vygies, gousblomme and kalkoentjies would not be a mass of colour till mid-September. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1822 |
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