单词 | nemophila |
释义 | Nemophilan. Botany. A genus of annual herbaceous plants (family Hydrophyllaceae) native to western North America; (also nemophila) a plant of this genus, esp. baby-blue-eyes, N. insignis, having cup-shaped blue flowers with a white centre, or a cultivated variety of this. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > non-British flowers > North American innocent1600 lychnidea1733 swamp lily1737 atamasco lily1743 phlox1754 lychnis1760 painted cup1776 mountain pink1818 phacelia1818 innocence1821 Nemophila1822 clarkia1827 Physostegia1830 bitter root1838 standing cypress1841 false mermaid1845 lion's heart1845 shooting star1856 lewisia1863 satin flower1871 fame-flower1879 baby blue-eyes1887 mayflower1892 agastache1900 obedient plant1900 Pennsylvania anemone1900 rock rose1906 Virginia bluebell1934 parsley1936 poached egg flower1963 poached eggs1971 poached egg plant1977 1822 T. Nuttall in Jrnl. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 2 179 Nemophila. 1822 W. P. C. Barton Flora N. Amer. II. 73 The new genus..was discovered in the situations already identified in the above quotation from Mr Nuttall's manuscript... He has given it the name Nemophila. 1858 G. Glenny Gardener's Every-day Bk. (new ed.) 43/2 By hardy annuals we mean those that want no nursing.., [as] Nemophylla, Eschscholtzia, Coreopsis, Sweet Pea, Lupin. 1882 Standard 9 Oct. 5/3 Indian cress, the sweet pea, and nemophila, redeem the dingy walls..from their..repulsiveness. 1890 S. Baring-Gould Grettir i. 17 The blue of the nemophyla or forget-me-not. 1907 Bot. Gaz. 44 381 (title) Notes on two California Nemophilas. 1996 Church Times 23 Aug. 8/5 Two varieties of nemophila—white Pale Face, and purple-blotched Total Eclipse—..are pouring themselves out of pots, and over edges. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1822 |
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