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单词 aethionema
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aethioneman.

Brit. /ˌiːθɪə(ʊ)ˈniːmə/, U.S. /ˌiθiəˈnimə/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Aethionema.
Etymology: < scientific Latin Aethionema (R. Brown 1812: see quot. 1812) < ancient Greek αἴθειν to light up, kindle ( < the same Indo-European base as ad n.1) + νῆμα thread, yarn (see nemato- comb. form).
A plant of the genus Aethionema (family Brassicaceae ( Cruciferae)), which comprises mostly low-growing plants with showy racemes of pink, lilac, yellow, or white flowers, native to the Mediterranean but cultivated elsewhere as garden plants; also called stone cress. Also (in form Aethionema): the genus itself.
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1812 R. Brown in W. T. Aiton Hortus Kewensis (ed. 2) IV. 80 Rock Æthionema, Nat. of the South of Europe... One-seeded Æthionema, Nat. of Spain.
1894 Garden 20 Jan. 53/1 Of the Æthionemas there are several kinds suitable for the rock garden.
1912 Times 28 Sept. 10/6 The Aethionema is easily raised from seed.
1937 M. Free Gardening xvi. 277 Aethionemas hybridize freely. Exceptionally good forms should be propagated by cuttings of young shoots in summer.
1974 Herald Times Reporter (Manitowoc, Wisconsin) 28 May 8/1 Some of the plants he commented on, all low growing, compact species, were the Iceland poppy..aethionema..sedum and thymus.
2003 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 90 159/1 Without critical phylogenetic studies of Aethionema..it is premature to speculate as to what an ancestral mustard might look like.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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