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单词 pavia
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Pavian.

Brit. /ˈpeɪvɪə/, U.S. /ˈpeɪviə/
Forms: also with lower-case initial.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Pavia.
Etymology: < scientific Latin Pavia, genus name (H. Boerhaave in Index Alter Plantarum in Horto Academico Lugduno-Batavo (1720) II. 260) < Pavius, Latinized form of the name of Peter Paaw (1564–1617), professor of botany at Leiden 1589–1617.
Now rare (chiefly Horticulture).
Originally: the red buckeye, Aesculus pavia. Later: a genus (now usually regarded as a section of the genus Aesculus) comprising buckeyes having flowers with four petals and fruits with smooth rather than prickly capsules. Also: a tree or shrub of this kind.Valid publication of the genus name: P. Miller Gardeners Dict.: Abridged (ed. 4, 1754), after Boerhaave. Linnaeus (1753) used the name as a specific epithet in the genus Aesculus.
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Pavia1731
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Ohio buckeye1810
sweet buckeye1815
chestnut1842
1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I Pavia, the scarlet flowering horse-chestnut.
1767 Bartram's Jrnl. 54 in W. Stork Acct. E. Florida (ed. 2) Now the ash, maple, elm, and pavia, are all green.
1882 Garden 24 June 447/2 The Pavias constitute a group of trees allied to the Horse Chestnuts.
1900 W. Robinson Eng. Flower Garden (ed. 8) 413/1 We have grouped the Pavias with the Æsculus.
1981 Oxf. Encycl. Trees of World 229/1 Species with four petals and a smooth capsule are transferred by some to a distinct genus Pavia but intermediates do not justify this separation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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