bloodflower

n. 【植物】马利筋(Asclepias curassavica,产于南美和南非)

词形变化

bloodflowers 复数 bloodflowers

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any plant in the genus Haemanthus, bulbous African plants of the amaryllis family.

  2. 2.

    A species of milkweed (Asclepias curassavica L.) with blood-red petals, native to the Central and South American tropics

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

swallowwort

上位词 2

milkweed silkweed

词源

Translation of the taxonomic name Haemanthus, which comes from Ancient Greek αἷμα (haîma, “blood”) + Ancient Greek ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”)

来源：wiktionary