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单词 lavatera
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lavateran.

/lavəˈtɪərə//ləˈvɑːtərə/
Etymology: modern Latin (J. Pitton de Tournefort (1706), in Hist. Acad. Roy. Sci. Mém. 86), < the name of the brothers Lavater, 17th- and 18th-cent. Swiss physicians and naturalists.
A herb or shrub of the genus so called, belonging to the family Malvaceæ, and bearing pink, white, or purple flowers.
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1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Lavatera African Lavatera, with a most beautiful flower.
1790 Bot. Mag. 4 109 Annual Lavatera..flowers from July to September.
1916 G. Jekyll Annuals & Biennials i. 4 Where a temporary filling is desired of plants of important aspect, there are the Tobacco plants,..Foxgloves, Solanums, and Lavatera.
1962 Listener 19 Apr. 708/3 Sow hollyhocks, lavatera, sweet peas.
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