单词 | helleborine |
释义 | helleborine Bot.|ˈhɛlɪbɒraɪn| [mod. ad. Gr. ἑλλεβορίνη a plant like hellebore: see -ine: cf. F. elleborine.] An orchidaceous plant of the genus Epipactis (formerly called Serapias), or of the closely-allied genus Cephalanthera.
1597Gerarde Herbal ii. cvi. §1. 357 Helleborine is like vnto white Hellebore, and for that cause we haue giuen it the name of Helleborine. 1778Lightfoot Fl. Scot. (1789) I. 527 Serapias longifolia Lin..Marsh Helleborine. 1778G. White Selborne (1853) II. xl. 266, Serapias latifolia, helleborine. 1833Smith & Sowerby Eng. Bot. 2775 Purple-leaved Helleborine..was discovered in Worcestershire in 1807. 1900Daily Express 22 June 2/7, I was surprised..to find the large white helleborine..flowering in plenty. 1951V. S. Summerhayes Wild Orchids Brit. vii. 123 The helleborines have rather tall slender stems. attrib.1748Phil. Trans. XLV. 159 The most elegant Flower of all the helleborine Tribe. |

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