英语词汇“Calluna”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

Calluna

释义

Calluna Bot.|kæˈluːnə|
[mod.L. (R. A. Salisbury 1802, in Trans. Linn. Soc. VI. 317), f. Gr. καλλύν-ειν to beautify, sweep clean, f. κάλλος beauty.]
A monotypic genus of plants of the family Ericaceæ, the only known species being C. vulgaris, the common heather; also (with lower-case initial), a plant of this species. Also attrib.
1824J. E. Smith Eng. Flora II. 224 Calluna. Ling... Mr. Salisbury..has judiciously called our common Ling, Calluna, from καλλυνω; which is doubly suitable, whether..we take it to express a cleansing property, brooms being made of Ling; or whether we adopt the more common sense of the word, to ornament or adorn, which is very applicable to the flowers.1920G. Jekyll Wall & Water Gardens (ed. 6) xxiv. 195 The Callunas should begin at the back..and then come forward to the path.1946Zeuner Dating Past iii. 56 Peats growing above the water level:..Calluna peat (heather peat).1962Amat. Gardening 17 Feb. 2 The ericas and callunas have very much the same symmetrical habit of growth.

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