| 单词 | queen's flower |
| 释义 | > as lemmasqueen's flower queen's flower n. [compare scientific Latin flos-reginae, former specific epithet] (more fully queen's flower tree) an ornamental tropical tree, Lagerstroemia speciosa (family Lythraceae); also called jarul; pride of India (cf. queen of flowers n. at Phrases 1a). ΚΠ 1799 Asiatic Researches (London ed.) 4 301 Koen. Queen's Flower Lagerstroemia. 1890 Cent. Dict. Queen's-flower, the bloodwood or jarool, Lagerstrœmia Flos-reginæ, a medium-sized tree of the East Indies. 1963 News (Van Nuys, Calif.) 3 Oct. 16/4 When Queen Victoria visited the Far East, she was much impressed with their magnificent showy flowers... It is in her honor..the people of the Orient refer to the blooms as the Queen's Flower. 1996 R. Allsopp Dict. Caribbean Eng. Usage 460/2 Queen's-flower tree (Jmca), a large shade tree with plentiful pendent clusters of mauve flowers Lagerstroemia flos-reginae or L. speciosa. < as lemmas |
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