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单词 sky flower
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sky flower
sky flower n. any of various plants with pale blue flowers; now esp. Duranta repens (family Verbenaceae), a shrub native to Central and South America widely grown as an ornamental (also called pigeon berry).
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1761 J. Hill Veg. Syst. II. 60** Genus III. Sky-flower. Cœlestina... Of this Genus there is but one known Species: I have named it from the cœlestial blue of its Flower, which exceeds that of any other.
1819 G. F. Shaw Elements Bot. in Panorama of Nature ix. i. 765/2 Inula, elecampan; cineraria, sky flower; arnica, doronicum, leopard's bane.
1938 D. Wyman Hedges, Screens & Windbreaks ii. 77 Tall Broad-leaved Evergreens... Duranta plumieri, Skyflower.
2014 M. Irish & J. Phillips Arizona & New Mexico Getting Started Garden Guide 156/2 Mix sky flower with other shrubs to form an informal hedge, visual screen, or border.
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