释义 |
mo·nim·ia \məˈnimēə\ noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Latin Monima (from Latin, from Greek Monimē), the wife of Mithridates VI died 63B.C. king of ancient Pontus after whom a related genus (Mithridatea) had been named + New Latin -ia : a genus (the type of the family Monimiaceae) of shrubs native to the Mascarene islands having opposite leaves and small diclinous flowers |