释义 |
mars·de·nia \märzˈdēnēə\ noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from William Marsden died 1836 English orientalist + New Latin -ia : a genus of tropical woody vines (family Asclepiadaceae) having small greenish purple flowers with the crown of the corolla consisting of five flat scales united at the base to the androecium — see rank indigo |