| 单词 | canna lily |
| 释义 | > as lemmascanna lily More fully canna lily. Any of various perennial herbaceous plants comprising the genus Canna (family Cannaceae), having broad flat leaves, bright orange, red, or yellow flowers, and starchy rhizomes, native to tropical and subtropical America and widely cultivated as ornamentals or as a source of edible starch. Occasionally with distinguishing word. Also (in form Canna): the genus itself.Cf. Indian shot n. at Indian adj. and n. Compounds 1b(b).The identity of the plant in quot. 1582 is uncertain. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > foliage, house, or garden plants > [noun] > Indian shot canna1582 Indian reed1615 plantain shot1750 wild plantain1756 Indian shot1760 1582 J. Hester tr. L. Fioravanti Compend. Rationall Secretes iii. xlvii. 67 This China is a roote like vnto the roote of Canna. 1756 Gazetteer & London Daily Advertiser 26 Aug. Descriptions and Figures of 1. The Scarlet Canna. 2. The great Larks-spur..and 7. The great Flowered Jasmine. 1767 J. Abercrombie Every Man his Own Gardener 742/2 Canna, Indian shot, or canacorus. 1818 H. M. Williams tr. A. von Humboldt Personal Narr. Trav. III. 74 The cannas, the heliconias..the costuses, and other plants of the family of the amomums, here attain eight or ten feet in height. 1886 Park's Floral Mag. July 121/1 At Christmas a Canna Lily and Roman Hyacinth were in full bloom, the scarlet spikes of the former contrasting beautifully with the latter. 1927 Science Suppl. 8 Apr. p. xii/2 The familiar canna of our gardens has tubers rich in starch, but the edible species has a very much larger spread of underground stems filled with starch. 1988 I. Wedde Survival Arts xxvi. 149 There are buckets of canna lilies outside the hospital shop. 2013 Daily Tel. 11 Jan. 32/6 Borders are brought to life using colourful cannas, ginger and dahlias. < as lemmas |
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