释义 |
shor·tia \ˈshȯ(r)d.ēə\ noun Etymology: New Latin, from Charles Wilkins Short died 1863 American physician and botanist + New Latin -ia 1. capitalized : a genus of perennial herbs (family Diapensiaceae) having smooth coriaceous basal leaves and long-stalked showy white and solitary flowers with campanulate corollas — see oconee bells 2. -s : any plant of the genus Shortia |