| 单词 | jamaican honeysuckle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasJamaican honeysuckle 4. Frequently with distinguishing word. Any of various plants in some way resembling the common honeysuckle; esp.: (a) the water lemon, Passiflora laurifolia (more fully Jamaican honeysuckle); (b) Australian any of various trees and shrubs of the genus Banksia (family Proteaceae); (also) the mountain devil, Lambertia formosa; (c) North American the wild columbine, Aquilegia canadensis (family Ranunculaceae); (d) New Zealand the rewarewa, Knightia excelsa (more fully New Zealand honeysuckle); (also) the wood of this.bush, dwarf, false, French, ground, purple, red, Virgin Mary's, West Indian, etc.: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > climbing, trailing, or creeping shrubs > [noun] > passion-flowers maracock1609 passion flower1633 Virginian climber1688 passion-tree1728 love-in-a-mist1731 honeysuckle1756 passiflora1760 passionwort1846 New Zealand passion-flower1853 passion vine1853 the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > non-British shrubs > [noun] > Australasian banksia1787 waratah1793 honeysuckle1803 pinkwood1824 honeysuckle tree1825 rose1825 blue bush1828 dogwood1828 parrotbill1829 tulip-tree1830 whitebeard1832 swamp-oak1833 bauera1835 mungitec1837 bottlebrush1839 clianthus1841 glory-pea1848 boronia1852 koromiko1855 pituri1861 Sturt's pea1865 scrub vine1866 pea-bush1867 cotton-bush1876 Australian honeysuckle1881 peach myrtle1882 saloop bush1884 naupaka1888 dog rose1896 native tulip1898 snow bush1909 wedding-bush1923 Hebe1961 mountain pepper1965 1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 327 Passiflora foliis ovatis... The Honey-suckle..cultivated in many parts of America, for the sake of its fruit: it is a climber. 1787 T. Jefferson Notes Virginia 61 Upright honeysuckle. Azalea nudiflora. 1803 Sydney Gaz. 19 Mar. Timber in this colony includes..Box, Honeysuckle, Cedar, [etc.] 1833 H. Bourne Flores Poetici 77 The Aquilegia canadensis, or Wild Columbine..has often been called, though improperly, Wild Honeysuckle. 1839 W. Wakefield in N.Z. Jrnl. (1840) 5 May 3/2 A tree, called by the English here, the honeysuckle furnishes excellent wood for boat-building. 1889 Proc. Linn. Soc. New S. Wales 1888 3 2nd Ser. 521 Lambertia formosa... ‘Honey flower’ or ‘Honeysuckle’. 1932 Cairns (Austral.) Post 7 June 9/1 In New South Wales, Banksia serrata is called red honeysuckle, while its popular name in Victoria is saw Banksia or beach honeysuckle. 1979 B. Matthews Growing Native Plants ii. 18 Knightia excelsa... Rewa rewa, N.Z. honeysuckle. 2001 J. B. Moyle & E. W. Moyle Northland Wildflowers 122/1 Columbine refers to the resemblance of the flowers to a flock of doves... Also called Honeysuckle. 2009 M. Castleman All New Healing Herbs 358/1 Passifloraceae..members include granadilla, sweet calabash, and Jamaican honeysuckle. < as lemmas |
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