释义 |
di·a·pen·sia \ˌdīəˈpensēə\ noun Etymology: New Latin, perhaps irregular from Greek dia pente by fives + New Latin -ia; from the five-leaved calyx 1. capitalized : a genus (the type of the family Diapensiaceae) of boreal dwarf evergreen plants with small crowded coriaceous leaves and flowers on short peduncles 2. -s : any plant of the genus Diapensia |