单词 | cotoneaster |
释义 | cotoneaster|kəʊˌtəʊniːˈæstə(r)| [mod. Bot. L. f. cotonea, cotonia quince + -aster.] A genus of small trees or trailing shrubs, family Rosaceæ, inhabiting northern Europe and the Himalaya mountains, one species being a rare native of England. Some of them are cultivated as ornamental shrubs.
1753Chambers Cycl. Supp., Cotonaster, in botany, a name given by several authors to a species of the cratægus. 1796C. Marshall Garden. xix. (1813) 324 Cotoneaster (a medlar), dwarf quince. 1882Proc. Berw. Nat. Club IX. 567 Cotoneaster on a wall partly shaded by trees. Mod. The wall of the porter's lodge is covered with evergreen cotoneaster. |

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