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单词 ponticum
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ponticumn.

Brit. /ˈpɒntᵻkəm/, U.S. /ˈpɑn(t)əkəm/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin ponticum.
Etymology: < scientific Latin ponticum, specific epithet of Rhododendron ponticum ( Linnaeus Species Plantarum (ed. 2, 1762) II. 562) < classical Latin Ponticus Pontic adj.1
A purple-flowered evergreen rhododendron, Rhododendron ponticum, originally of Spain, Portugal, and Asia Minor, but extensively cultivated in Britain during Victorian times, now widely naturalized and often regarded as an invasive weed. Cf. rhododendron n.
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big laurel1810
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ponticum1875
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Kurume azalea1920
1875 H. Fraser Handy Bk. Ornamental Conifers 185 The best and most commonly-used stocks for grafting are free-grown seedlings of the robust form of the common Ponticum.
1917 J. G. Millais Rhododendrons I. viii. 227/2 Enormous numbers of young ponticums are annually used as stocks for the finer varieties.
1962 R. Page Educ. Gardener 27 We uprooted the ponticums and burned them.
1994 C. McWilliam Debatable Land (1995) vii. 156 Around big houses tough windbreaks flowered a washed-out purple, the ineradicable stain of ponticum.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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