请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 eucryphia
释义

Definition of eucryphia in English:

eucryphia

nounjuːˈkrɪfɪəyo͞oˈkrifēə
  • A shrub or small tree with glossy dark green leaves and large white flowers, native to Australia and South America.

    香花木属灌木(或树木)

    Genus Eucryphia, family Eucryphiaceae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Add to this Lilium auratum; eucryphias - ‘they flower late in August, which is very satisfactory’ - and hoheria, ‘a lovely little tree with the most beautiful honey-scented flowers’.
    • And he did, collecting plants from across the globe: rare azaleas, tall eucryphias with leaves like perfumed confetti, a flowering Chilean fire tree planted to celebrate his Golden Jubilee in 1945.
    • The front garden slopes away from the house, with the incline packed with an interesting array of shrubbery and tall flowers - white flowering eucryphia and myrtle blend with statuesque hoheriay and elegant miscanthus grasses.
    • Huge specimens of eucalyptus, eucryphias, magnolias and rhododendrons are underplanted with unusual shrubs and choice perennials like Trilliums, Arisaema and blue poppies.
    • There's also the great eucryphia E glutinosa with its masses of white flowers appearing in mid to late August.

Origin

Modern Latin, from Greek eu 'well' + -kruphos 'hidden' (with reference to its joined sepals).

Definition of eucryphia in US English:

eucryphia

nounyo͞oˈkrifēə
  • A shrub or small tree with glossy dark green leaves and large white flowers, native to Australia and South America.

    香花木属灌木(或树木)

    Genus Eucryphia, family Eucryphiaceae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Huge specimens of eucalyptus, eucryphias, magnolias and rhododendrons are underplanted with unusual shrubs and choice perennials like Trilliums, Arisaema and blue poppies.
    • Add to this Lilium auratum; eucryphias - ‘they flower late in August, which is very satisfactory’ - and hoheria, ‘a lovely little tree with the most beautiful honey-scented flowers’.
    • The front garden slopes away from the house, with the incline packed with an interesting array of shrubbery and tall flowers - white flowering eucryphia and myrtle blend with statuesque hoheriay and elegant miscanthus grasses.
    • And he did, collecting plants from across the globe: rare azaleas, tall eucryphias with leaves like perfumed confetti, a flowering Chilean fire tree planted to celebrate his Golden Jubilee in 1945.
    • There's also the great eucryphia E glutinosa with its masses of white flowers appearing in mid to late August.

Origin

Modern Latin, from Greek eu ‘well’ + -kruphos ‘hidden’ (with reference to its joined sepals).

随便看

 

英汉双解词典包含464360条英汉词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/9/21 15:26:42