单词 | helxine |
释义 | helxine Bot.|hɛlkˈsaɪnɪ, hɛlˈzaɪnɪ| [mod.L. (E. Requien 1825, in Annales des Sciences Naturelles V. 384), f. Gr. ἑλξίνη pellitory, a related plant.] Soleirolia soleirolii, a creeping, perennial herb of the family Urticaceæ, native to Corsica and Sardinia, formerly called by the generic name Helxine.
1873Mrs. Hooker tr. Le Maout & Decaisne's Gen. Syst. Bot. ii. 667 Flowers [of Urticaceæ]..very rarely solitary and axillary (Helxine). 1924L. H. Bailey Man. Cultivated Plants 241 Helxine..making a matted moss-like covering. 1964M. Fish Ground Cover Plants v. 44 If one happened to have a dark, dank courtyard which needed the softening influence of tender green, nothing could be more charming than helxine. 1969O. Polunin Flowers of Europe 58 Soleirolia soleirolii..(Helxine)..Native of Mediterranean islands; naturalized in Western Europe. |

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