单词 | tiare |
释义 | tiaren. In Tahiti, one of several species of Gardenia bearing fragrant white flowers. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > [noun] > gardenias Cape jasmine1761 gardenia1761 Cape jasminea1776 katjiepiering1793 tiare1888 the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > [adjective] simaroubaceous1818 paperbark1841 ficoid1884 ficoidal1884 niaouli1884 ternstrœmiaceous1885 Terminalia1926 tiare1931 a1771 S. Parkinson Jrnl. Voy. South Seas (1773) 37 Plants of Use for Food, Medicine, &c. in Otaheite..E teea-ree Gardenia-florida.] 1888 W. Hillebrand Flora Hawaiian Islands 171 Cultivated species: G[ardenia] Tahitensis—Tiara [etc.]. 1891 D. Hort Tahiti ii. 25 The houses are..surrounded by umbrageous trees, and..gardenias—called there tiari. 1914 R. Brooke in New Numbers Aug. 110 With the starred tiare's white..Mamua, your lovelier head! 1919 W. S. Maugham Moon & Sixpence xlix. 214 Tiaré..the white, scented flower which..will always draw you back to Tahiti in the end. 1931 A. Waugh Most Women iv. 71 On her face was a look of serene contentment, and behind her left ear was the white tiare flower. 1960 H. E. Bates Aspidistra in Babylon 222 She was wearing in her hair not the big customary hibiscus flower but a little cluster of tiare, not more than six or seven blooms of small wax-white stars. 1980 Daily Tel. 26 Jan. 16 The local tiaré flower..is similar to a tiny gardenia. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1888 |
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