| 单词 | pearl plant |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspearl plant pearl plant n. †(a) the plant gromwell, Lithospermum officinale, which has hard white seeds (obsolete); (b) a small South African succulent plant, Haworthia pumila (or H. margaritifera) (family Asphodelaceae), having a rosette of stout, pointed, triangular leaves covered with rounded white tubercles. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > [noun] > gromwell gromwella1350 millensole1545 graymill1548 mill of the sun1559 common gromwell1578 corn gromwell1578 pearl plant1578 lithospermon1646 milium solis?c1729 purple gromwell1783 stone-weed1847 lithosperm1865 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. civ. 290 Cromel,..some name it also Pearle plante. 1864 R. C. A. Prior On Pop. Names Brit. Plants (1879) 179 Pearl-plant, from its smooth hard pearly seed, the gromwell, Lithospermum officinale. 1890 J. S. Billings National Med. Dict. II. 301/1 Pearl-plant, Lithospermum officinale, L.; seeds diuretic, lithontryptic. 1976 Hortus Third (L. H. Bailey Hortorium) 541/2 Haworthia..margaritifera (L.) Haw. Pearl plant. 1985 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 7 Feb. c6/1 Patterns of pearl-like dots on the leaves are sometimes so closely spaced they resemble stripes, resulting in such names as ‘pearl plant’ (H. margaritifera) or ‘zebra haworthia’ (H. fasciata). 2001 Boston Globe (Nexis) 20 Dec. h4 If your recipient doesn't have a green thumb, stick to tolerant types, such as poinsettias and pearl plants (Haworthia margaritifera). < as lemmas |
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