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单词 saintpaulia
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Definition of saintpaulia in English:

saintpaulia

noun s(ə)ntˈpɔːlɪəˌsāntˈpôlēə
  • A plant of the genus Saintpaulia (family Gesneriaceae ), especially (in gardening) an African violet.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Their 2003 catalogue lists more than 100 streptocarpus, around 40 named saintpaulias, a host of other gesneriads, coleus (now Solenostemon) and 60 begonias grown mainly for foliage.
    • Saintpaulia, commonly known as African violet, is a genus of 6 species of herbaceous perennial flowering plants in the family Gesneriaceae, native to Tanzania and adjacent southeastern Kenya in eastern tropical Africa, with a concentration of species in the Nguru mountains of Tanzania.
    • African violets, or Saintpaulias as they are properly known, are easy plants to grow, making them extremely popular plants - you can buy them just about everywhere, from garden centres to petrol stations.

Origin

Named after Baron W. von Saint Paul (1860–1910), the German explorer who discovered it.

 
 

Definition of saintpaulia in US English:

saintpaulia

nounˌsāntˈpôlēə
  • A plant of the genus Saintpaulia (family Gesneriaceae), especially (in gardening) an African violet.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • African violets, or Saintpaulias as they are properly known, are easy plants to grow, making them extremely popular plants - you can buy them just about everywhere, from garden centres to petrol stations.
    • Their 2003 catalogue lists more than 100 streptocarpus, around 40 named saintpaulias, a host of other gesneriads, coleus (now Solenostemon) and 60 begonias grown mainly for foliage.
    • Saintpaulia, commonly known as African violet, is a genus of 6 species of herbaceous perennial flowering plants in the family Gesneriaceae, native to Tanzania and adjacent southeastern Kenya in eastern tropical Africa, with a concentration of species in the Nguru mountains of Tanzania.

Origin

Named after Baron W. von Saint Paul (1860–1910), the German explorer who discovered it.

 
 
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