单词 | pavia |
释义 | Pavian. 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. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > horse-chestnut tree and allies > [noun] horse chestnut1597 poison root1712 Pavia1731 buckeye1763 buckwood1787 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). < n.1731 |
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