单词 |
iresine |
释义 |
‖ iresine Bot.|aɪərɪˈsaɪniː| [mod.L. (Linnæus), altered from Gr. εἰρησιώνη a branch of laurel or olive entwined with wool carried at certain festivals; the reference is to the woolly calyx.] A genus of plants (N.O. Amarantaceæ), natives of tropical and subtropical America and of Australia, of which several species are cultivated as ornamental foliage plants; a plant of this genus.
1866in Treas. Bot. 1882Garden 25 Mar. 205/2 Coleuses and Iresines may still be struck. 1883Pall Mall G. 7 Sept. 4/1 Some bronze-leaved plant, such as one of the Iresines. 1892Daily News 15 Aug. 3/2 Fenced in by lines of chocolate iresines with outer lines of lobelia. |

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