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单词 eryngium
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Definition of eryngium in English:

eryngium

nounPlural eryngiums ɪˈrɪndʒɪəmiˈrinjēəm
  • A plant of the genus Eryngium in the parsley family, especially (in gardening) sea holly.

    (伞形科)刺芹属植物(园艺中尤指海滨刺芹)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Take root cuttings of oriental poppies and eryngiums and put in pots of sandy soil in the cold frame.
    • In the herbaceous border they don't seem to care for eryngiums, paeonies, iris or kniphofias.
    • One of my first choices is a new kind of eryngium, or Sea Holly.
    • They have planted a formal, yew-encircled rose garden, with blue-painted pergolas and arbours, and have recently planted a gravel garden beside the sea road, with cistus, eryngiums and grasses.
    • Whether this is true or not, eryngiums have become firmly ensconced in British gardens, with a plethora of species, hybrids and cultivars to choose from.

Origin

Late 16th century: modern Latin, from Latin eryngion, from a diminutive of Greek ērungos 'sea holly'.

Definition of eryngium in US English:

eryngium

nouniˈrinjēəm
  • A plant of the genus Eryngium in the parsley family, especially (in gardening) sea holly.

    (伞形科)刺芹属植物(园艺中尤指海滨刺芹)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Whether this is true or not, eryngiums have become firmly ensconced in British gardens, with a plethora of species, hybrids and cultivars to choose from.
    • In the herbaceous border they don't seem to care for eryngiums, paeonies, iris or kniphofias.
    • They have planted a formal, yew-encircled rose garden, with blue-painted pergolas and arbours, and have recently planted a gravel garden beside the sea road, with cistus, eryngiums and grasses.
    • One of my first choices is a new kind of eryngium, or Sea Holly.
    • Take root cuttings of oriental poppies and eryngiums and put in pots of sandy soil in the cold frame.

Origin

Late 16th century: modern Latin, from Latin eryngion, from a diminutive of Greek ērungos ‘sea holly’.

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