| 单词 |
melianthus |
| 释义 |
‖ melianthus Bot.|mɛlɪˈænθəs| [mod.L. (Tournefort 1700), f. Gr. µέλι honey + ἄνθος flower.] A genus of flowering plants, the type of the family Melianthaceæ; now including only the five South African species known as honeyflower; formerly much more extensive.
1733Miller Gard. Dict. (ed. 2), Melianthus,..Honey-Flower. 1741Compl. Fam.-Piece ii. iii. 401 Myrtles,..Meleanthus,..and such tender Greens as remain yet abroad. 1751J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. II. Hist. Plants 517 The pinnated-leaved Melianthus with serrated pinnulæ... It is a native of Virginia. a1876M. Collins Th. in Garden (1880) II. vi. 225 How would it be for fruit-growers to plant thyme,.., melianthus, and mignonette near their southern walls? |

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