Callunan.

Brit.

/kəˈluːnə/, U.S.

/kəˈlunə/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Calluna.

Etymology: < scientific Latin Calluna (R. A. Salisbury 1802, in Trans. Linn. Soc. 6 317) < ancient Greek καλλύνειν to beautify, sweep clean ( < κάλλος beauty (see callisthenic adj.) + -ύνειν , suffix forming verbs) + scientific Latin -a -a suffix¹.

Botany.

A monotypic genus of plants of the family Ericaceae, whose only known species is the common heather, C. vulgaris; (also calluna) a plant of this genus, a heather.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > heather or heath and similar plants > [noun]

heather1335

ling?c1357

heath1626

grig1691

bottle heath?1711

sea-heath1713

heather-bell1725

red heath?1788

Calluna1803

Scotch heath1822

Erica1826

winter heath1842

heathwort1847

heath-blooms1858

St. Dabeoc's heath1863

cat-heather1864

honey bottle1868

French heath1871

1803 Crit. Rev. 38 389 The common heath is referred to a new genus called calluna.

1824 J. E. Smith Eng. Flora II. 224 Calluna. Ling... Mr. Salisbury..has judiciously called our common Ling, Calluna, from καλλυνω; which is doubly suitable, whether..we take it to express a cleansing property, brooms being made of Ling; or whether we adopt the more common sense of the word, to ornament or adorn, which is very applicable to the flowers.

1865 West of Scotl. Hort. Mag. June 201 All these characters, although useful in assisting us to distinguish a Calluna from an Erica at a glance, are nothing more than comparative distinctions.

1920 G. Jekyll Wall & Water Gardens (ed. 6) xxiv. 195 The Callunas should begin at the back..and then come forward to the path.

1946 F. E. Zeuner Dating Past iii. 56 Peats growing above the water level:..Calluna peat (heather peat).

1964 New Phytologist 63 274 There is a striking similarity between Calluna and Cassiope, a genus usually placed in the Arbutoideae.

2001 Pract. Householder Jan. 44/1 Use a mixture of callunas (heathers) and ericas (heaths) to spread the flowering period across the seasons.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	calluna
释义	Callunan. Brit. /kəˈluːnə/, U.S. /kəˈlunə/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Calluna. Etymology: < scientific Latin Calluna (R. A. Salisbury 1802, in Trans. Linn. Soc. 6 317) < ancient Greek καλλύνειν to beautify, sweep clean ( < κάλλος beauty (see callisthenic adj.) + -ύνειν , suffix forming verbs) + scientific Latin -a -a suffix¹. Botany. A monotypic genus of plants of the family Ericaceae, whose only known species is the common heather, C. vulgaris; (also calluna) a plant of this genus, a heather. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > heather or heath and similar plants > [noun] heather1335 ling?c1357 heath1626 grig1691 bottle heath?1711 sea-heath1713 heather-bell1725 red heath?1788 Calluna1803 Scotch heath1822 Erica1826 winter heath1842 heathwort1847 heath-blooms1858 St. Dabeoc's heath1863 cat-heather1864 honey bottle1868 French heath1871 1803 Crit. Rev. 38 389 The common heath is referred to a new genus called calluna. 1824 J. E. Smith Eng. Flora II. 224 Calluna. Ling... Mr. Salisbury..has judiciously called our common Ling, Calluna, from καλλυνω; which is doubly suitable, whether..we take it to express a cleansing property, brooms being made of Ling; or whether we adopt the more common sense of the word, to ornament or adorn, which is very applicable to the flowers. 1865 West of Scotl. Hort. Mag. June 201 All these characters, although useful in assisting us to distinguish a Calluna from an Erica at a glance, are nothing more than comparative distinctions. 1920 G. Jekyll Wall & Water Gardens (ed. 6) xxiv. 195 The Callunas should begin at the back..and then come forward to the path. 1946 F. E. Zeuner Dating Past iii. 56 Peats growing above the water level:..Calluna peat (heather peat). 1964 New Phytologist 63 274 There is a striking similarity between Calluna and Cassiope, a genus usually placed in the Arbutoideae. 2001 Pract. Householder Jan. 44/1 Use a mixture of callunas (heathers) and ericas (heaths) to spread the flowering period across the seasons. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1803
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