单词 | helipterum |
释义 | helipterum Bot.|hɛˈlɪptɛrəm| [mod.L. (A. P. de Candolle Prodromus (1837) VI. 211), f. Gr. ἥλι-ος sun + πτερόν wing, in allusion to the feathery pappus.] A shrub or herb of the genus so called, belonging to the family Compositæ, native to South Africa and Australia, and including several plants described as everlastings or immortelles (q.v.).
1862Curtis's Bot. Mag. LXXXVIII. 5350 Major Sandford's Helipterum... Whether it be a true Helipterum or a Helichrysum I will not venture to say. 1886G. Nicholson Illustr. Dict. Gardening II. 131/2 Helipterums may be raised from seeds. 1962Amateur Gardening 7 Apr. 3/1 Catalogues may list the attractive little rhodanthes either separately or under helipterum, which is their proper name. |

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