单词 | paullinia |
释义 | Paullinian. Botany. A genus of woody, twining tropical lianas of the family Sapindaceae, including the guarana of Brazil, P. cupana, which typically contain alkaloids such as caffeine; (also paullinia) a plant of this genus.Valid publication of the genus name: Linnaeus Species Plantarum (1753) I. 365.The genus is found mainly in Central and South America, though there is at least one African species. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > climbing, trailing, or creeping shrubs > [noun] > non-British Paullinia1753 Pothos1754 corchorus1759 water vine1774 cobaea1805 bush-rope1814 combretum1819 kerria1823 pishamin1826 guarana1838 stephanotis1843 lapageria1849 pear-withe1864 waw-waw1864 Bougainvillaea1866 pyxie1882 pine-barren beauty1883 Madagascar jasmine1884 streptosolen1938 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Paulinia. 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xxxi. 483 Paullinia..also, and Sapindus..have two nectaries, very different from each other. 1833 J. G. Whittier Toussaint l'Ouverture 16 The lithe paullinia's verdant fold. 1869 R. F. Burton Explor. Highlands Brazil I. 296 The creepers are woody Bauhinias, Paullinias, and Banisterias. 1945 I. Ochoterena in F. Verdoorn et al. Plants & Plant Sci. in Lat. Amer. 262/1 The plants are represented by vines and shrubs such as..Paullinia. 1996 Biotropica 28 184/1 The species of these four families..are wind-dispersed, except for two Paullinia species and Dicella bracteosa. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1753 |
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