单词 | mitchella |
释义 | mitchella/mɪˈtʃɛlə/Botany noun Either of two trailing plants with fleshy berries constituting the genus Mitchella (family Rubiaceae), M. undulata, of north-east Asia, and the partridgeberry, M. repens, of North America. Also (in form Mitchella): the genus itself. OriginLate 18th century; earliest use found in Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. From scientific Latin Mitchella (Linnaeus Species Plantarum I. 111) from the name of John Mitchell (d. 1768), English-born U.S. botanist + -a. |
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