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单词 neoregelia
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Neoregelian.

Brit. /ˌniːə(ʊ)rᵻˈdʒiːlɪə/, /ˌniːə(ʊ)rᵻˈɡeɪlɪə/, U.S. /ˌnioʊrəˈdʒiliə/, /ˌnioʊrəˈdʒiljə/, /ˌnioʊrəˈɡeɪliə/, /ˌnioʊrəˈɡeɪljə/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Neoregelia.
Etymology: < scientific Latin Neoregelia, genus name < neo- neo- comb. form + Regelia , the name of a genus of plants of the family Bromeliaceae (A. C. Lemaire 1860, in Illustr. Hortic. 7 245) < the name of Eduard Albert von Regel (1815–92), German-born Russian botanist and director of the St Petersburg Botanic Garden + -ia -ia suffix1.
Botany.
A genus of epiphytic plants of the family Bromeliaceae, having rosettes of rigid, spiny leaves (often variegated or brightly coloured) surrounding a central cluster of flowers, which are native to tropical South America but cultivated elsewhere for ornament; (also neoregelia) a plant of this genus.
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1934 L. B. Smith in Contrib. Gray Herbarium Harvard Univ. 6 civ. 78 It is not allowable to use Aregelia for a genus segregated from typical Nidularium as Mez did. The substitution of Neoregelia for the Aregelia of Mez includes the following new combinations: [etc.].
1965 J. Kramer Bromeliads v. 63 Most Neoregelias are of medium-size with spreading leaf rosettes.
1975 Country Life 29 May 1384/1 A stunning plant named Guzmannia sanguinaria which has the stiff cartwheel leaf formation of a neoregelia.
1989 Encycl. Brit. VIII. 599/1 Neoregelia leaves are often mottled, marbled, or banded. They form a rosette with small white, blue, or purple flowers deep in the centre of the cup.
1995 Church Times 10 Mar. 16/5 In one garden we saw paths lined with the bromeliad Neoregelia growing naturally as epiphytes on dead treefern trunks which were used as edging.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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