释义 |
fran·ke·nia \fraŋˈkēnēə, -anˈ-\ noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, after Johan Frankenius (Franke) died 1661 Swedish professor of anatomy and botany : a genus (the type of the family Frankeniaceae) of perennial herbs or undershrubs with opposite leaves and solitary pink, violet, or red flowers usually in the forks of the branches • fran·ke·ni·a·ceous \ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷nē|āshəs\ adjective |