单词 | bougainvillaea |
释义 | Bougainvillaean. A genus of tropical plants of the family Nyctaginaceæ, having flowers almost concealed by large leafy bracts. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > climbing, trailing, or creeping shrubs > [noun] > non-British Paullinia1753 Pothos1754 corchorus1759 water vine1774 cobaea1805 bush-rope1814 combretum1819 kerria1823 pishamin1826 guarana1838 stephanotis1843 lapageria1849 pear-withe1864 waw-waw1864 Bougainvillaea1866 pyxie1882 pine-barren beauty1883 Madagascar jasmine1884 streptosolen1938 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 160/2 Bougainvillæa spectabilis is a climbing shrub or small tree, with alternate leaves and small spines. 1881 R. C. Praed Policy & Passion i. 145 A wide verandah..festooned by bougainvillea. 1883 Sunday Mag. Sept. 547/2 Cascades of bougonvillias, passion-flowers, banksias and roses. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1866 |
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