pittosporum

[植]n.海桐花

发音

AU /pəˈtɒspərəm/
UK /pɪtəˈspɔrəm/

词形变化

pittosporums 复数 pittosporums

别名

pittospore

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any plant of the genus Pittosporum, various Old World shrubs and trees.

词源

A genericization of translingual Pittosporum, from New Latin pittosporum, from Ancient Greek πίττα (pítta, “pitch”) + σπόρος (spóros, “seed, spore”), from the sticky resin surrounding its seeds.

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