英语词汇“Passiflora”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

Passiflora

释义

‖ Passiflora Bot.|pæsɪˈflɔərə|
[mod.L., f. L. pass- as stem of passio passion + -flōrus flowering. Formed by Linnæus, 1737, on the earlier L. name flos passionis, flower of the Passion.]
The genus of plants containing the Passion-flower.
1763Chron. in Ann. Reg. 105/2 The fruit of the Passiflora was cut in high perfection, at Castle-Howard, in Yorkshire..the best of the tropical fruits.1869Darwin in Life & Lett. III. 279 The elaborate series of chevaux-de-frise, by which the nectary of the common Passiflora is guarded.
Hence passifloˈraceous a., pertaining to the Passifloraceæ, the family containing the Passion-flower. passiˈfloral a., applied to the alliance (Passiflorales) of families allied to Passifloraceæ. passiˈflorine Chem., an alkaloid obtained from the root of the Passion-flower.
1846Lindley Veg. Kingd. 333 Passiflora quadrangularis..is said to owe its activity to a peculiar principle called Passiflorine.1857Mayne Expos. Lex., Passiflorin,..term for an alkali little known, which Ricord-Madiana has obtained from the roots of the Passiflora.

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