| 单词 | scarlet monarda |
| 释义 | > as lemmasscarlet monarda Any of various aromatic North American plants constituting the genus Monarda (family Lamiaceae ( Labiatae)), allied to Salvia, esp. one of those grown for ornament; spec. (more fully scarlet monarda) the plant M. didyma, also called Oswego tea, bee-balm, or bergamot, which has showy red flowers. Also (in form Monarda): the genus itself.Valid publication of the genus name: Linnaeus Species Plantarum (1753) I. 22. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > tea-plant > [noun] > types of herb of Paraguay1672 Indian tea1709 Algerian tea1728 Appalachian tea1728 Arabian tea1728 Canary tea1728 golden rod tea1728 Malay tea1728 Paraguay1728 South Sea tea1728 monarda1752 Oswego tea1752 Paraguay tea1760 Labrador tea1767 maté1768 marsh rosemary1777 blue mountain tea1785 alstonia1806 Ceylon tea1814 Canada tea1817 yerba-maté1818 honey bush1840 Wild Bergamot1843 Hottentot tea1850 kaffir tea1850 khat1858 Brazil tea1866 Mexican tea1866 St. Helena tea1875 rooibos1915 redbush1946 Hudson's Bay tea1948 bergamot1958 1752 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. (ed. 6) sig. 6B2v/1 Monarda... The species are: I Monarda floribus capitatis caule obtuso... Monarda with an obtuse stalk. 1754 New & Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. III. 2105/1 Monarda, in botany, a genus of the diandria-monogynia class of plants, with a monopetalous flower. 1789 W. Aiton Hortus Kewensis I. 36 Scarlet Monarda or Oswego-tea. 1814 J. Bigelow Florula Bostoniensis 7 Monarda allophylla, Soft Monarda... Flowers in terminal heads, blue or flesh-coloured. 1829 T. Castle Introd. Systematical & Physiol. Bot. iv. 123 A number of plants with ringent flowers and naked seeds, such as the monarda, rosemary, sage, &c. 1865 H. Watts Dict. Chem. (at cited word) Oil of Monarda. The essential oil of an American Labiate plant, the Monarda punctata. It easily separates into a liquid oil and a camphor. 1931 M. Grieve Mod. Herbal I. 95/1 Another American swamp plant..M. didyma, the Scarlet Monarda, is said to yield an oil of similar composition [to that of thymol]. 1952 R. L. Taylor Plants of Colonial Days (1964) 17 The blue monarda or wild bergamot is native to the eastern United States; like bee balm, its close relative, it makes an excellent garden plant. 1974 A. Scott-James Sissinghurst xiv. 149 A charming lilac-pink monarda called Beauty of Cobham. 1992 Org. Gardening July 26/3 Red flowers, including Egypt star, monarda and red zinnias. < as lemmas |
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