单词 | vriesia |
释义 | vriesia|ˈvriːzɪə| [mod.L. (J. Lindley 1843, in Bot. Reg. XXIX. 10), f. the name of W. H. de Vriese (1806–62) Dutch botanist + -ia1.] A perennial herbaceous plant of the genus Vriesia (family Bromeliaceæ), native to South or Central America and bearing rosettes of linear leaves and spikes of yellow, red, or white flowers.
1843Bot. Reg. XXIX. 10 (heading) Parrot-flowered Vriesia. 1902L. H. Bailey Cycl. Amer. Hort. IV. 1957/1 Vriesias are..tropical American stiff-leaved plants. 1979Daily Tel. 17 Nov. 10/1 Another group [of bromeliads], the vriesias, have flowers that at one moment look like tongues of flame, and at others you think they are formed like cuttlefish. |

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