单词 | acalypha |
释义 | acalyphan. Any plant of the large genus Acalypha (family Euphorbiaceae), comprising herbs and shrubs found in tropical and subtropical climates, including the chenille plant, A. hispida. Also (in form Acalypha): the genus itself. Cf. three-seeded mercury n. at three adj. and n. Compounds 3b.Valid publication of the genus name: Linnaeus Species plantarum (1753) II. 1003. ΚΠ 1773 W. Hanbury Compl. Body Planting & Gardening II. iv. i. i. 3/2 Virginian Acalypha will rise with a branching stalk to about a foot in height. 1847 R. E. Griffith Med. Bot. 595 Several species of Acalypha have been deemed medicinal. 1885 A. Brassey In Trades viii. 145 On the plantation, as in Trinidad generally, the acalypha seemed to flourish in a marvellous manner. 1907 Garden Mag. June 293/3 Rubber plants..make a good base for a sub-tropical bed, using grasses or any of the highly colored acalyphas for an edging. 1974 Kew Bull. 29 263 One of the commonest shrubs on the islands of the Aldabra group is an incompletely dioecious species of Acalypha. 2005 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 13 Feb. (Homefront section) 8/1 At a time when many gardeners are looking for hardy, drought-resistant foliage plants, it seems a shame that acalypha bushes are so under-rated. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1773 |
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