| 单词 | pleione |
| 释义 | pleione|plaɪˈəʊniː|
Also Pleione.
[mod.L. (D. Don Prodromus Floræ Nepalensis (1825) 36), f. Gr. Πλειόνη, the name of the mother of the Pleiades.]
An orchid of the genus so called, belonging to the family Orchidaceæ, native to mountainous regions of northern India, Burma, and China, and bearing white, pink, or purple flowers, with plicate leaves which, in most species, fall before flowering begins.
1851Lindley & Paxton Paxton's Flower Garden II. 5 The spotted Pleione has long been known to botanists as a species belonging to that Alpine group of so-called Cœlogynes. 1890W. Watson Orchids li. 424 Pleiones are distinguished by their fleshy pseudo-bulbs, which are only of annual duration. 1930T. W. Briscoe Orchids for Amateurs iv. 96 Pleiones are deciduous, and the leaves usually fall when the growths are matured. 1961New Statesman 19 May 808/2 Cymbidiums..and pleiones..are cool-house plants. 1975A. M. Coats Treasury of Flowers pl. 117 (caption) The Pleiones..are familiar to many gardeners, as they are both beautiful and easy to grow. 1979Country Life 18 Jan. 158/4 Recently taxonomists have lumped together all the omnifarious pleione species under the aggregate specific epithet P. bulbocodioides. |
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