Pachysandran.

Brit.

/ˌpakᵻˈsandrə/, U.S.

/ˌpækəˈsændrə/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Pachysandra.

Etymology: < scientific Latin Pachysandra, genus name (A. Michaux Flora Boreali-Americana (1803) II. 177) < ancient Greek παχύς thick (see pachy- comb. form) + ἀνδρ- , ἀνήρ male (see andro- comb. form), with allusion to the thick stamens of the male flowers.

A small genus of the family Buxaceae comprising procumbent subshrubs and perennial herbs with simple leaves and spikes of insignificant white or pinkish flowers, native to eastern Asia and eastern North America; (also pachysandra) a plant of this genus, P. terminalis and P. procumbens, which are grown as ground cover.

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Pachysandra1813

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1813 W. T. Aiton Hortus Kewensis (ed. 2) V. 260 Trailing Pachysandra. Nat[ive] of North America. Intro[duced] 1800, by Messrs. Fraser.

1852 G. W. Johnson Cottage Gardeners' Dict. 674/1 Pachysandra... The stove undershrub by cuttings, in a little heat... The herbaceous by division.

1914 W. J. Bean Trees & Shrubs Hardy in Brit. Isles II. 118 The Pachysandras thrive in any moist soil, and do not mind shade; they make neat tufts, but are of only moderate decorative value.

1941 R. S. Walker Lookout 52 Pachysandra, or mountain spurge, blooms in March and April in the rich soil in Lookout Mountain woods.

1961 Amateur Gardening 18 Nov. 1/1 The pachysandra is..one of those borderline plants that are half shrub half herbaceous perennial.

1975 New Yorker 23 June 38/3 Both laughing, he supervised John's spitting out the lettuce and paper and tobacco into the pachysandra.

1997 J. Updike Toward End of Time 298 Down on the ground I tried with the point of a pick to gouge a runnel through the pachysandra to drain the puddle into the driveway.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pachysandra
释义	Pachysandran. Brit. /ˌpakᵻˈsandrə/, U.S. /ˌpækəˈsændrə/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Pachysandra. Etymology: < scientific Latin Pachysandra, genus name (A. Michaux Flora Boreali-Americana (1803) II. 177) < ancient Greek παχύς thick (see pachy- comb. form) + ἀνδρ- , ἀνήρ male (see andro- comb. form), with allusion to the thick stamens of the male flowers. A small genus of the family Buxaceae comprising procumbent subshrubs and perennial herbs with simple leaves and spikes of insignificant white or pinkish flowers, native to eastern Asia and eastern North America; (also pachysandra) a plant of this genus, P. terminalis and P. procumbens, which are grown as ground cover. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > non-British shrubs > [noun] > other non-British shrubs Pachysandra1813 Pieris1855 thick-stamen1878 1813 W. T. Aiton Hortus Kewensis (ed. 2) V. 260 Trailing Pachysandra. Nat[ive] of North America. Intro[duced] 1800, by Messrs. Fraser. 1852 G. W. Johnson Cottage Gardeners' Dict. 674/1 Pachysandra... The stove undershrub by cuttings, in a little heat... The herbaceous by division. 1914 W. J. Bean Trees & Shrubs Hardy in Brit. Isles II. 118 The Pachysandras thrive in any moist soil, and do not mind shade; they make neat tufts, but are of only moderate decorative value. 1941 R. S. Walker Lookout 52 Pachysandra, or mountain spurge, blooms in March and April in the rich soil in Lookout Mountain woods. 1961 Amateur Gardening 18 Nov. 1/1 The pachysandra is..one of those borderline plants that are half shrub half herbaceous perennial. 1975 New Yorker 23 June 38/3 Both laughing, he supervised John's spitting out the lettuce and paper and tobacco into the pachysandra. 1997 J. Updike Toward End of Time 298 Down on the ground I tried with the point of a pick to gouge a runnel through the pachysandra to drain the puddle into the driveway. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1813
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