poinsettia
參見:Poinsettia
英語[編輯]
詞源[編輯]
名取自棄用屬名Poinsettia,取自喬爾·羅伯茨·波因塞特(一位19世紀美國駐墨西哥外交使節),等價於Poinsett + -ia。
發音[編輯]
名詞[編輯]
poinsettia (複數 poinsettias)
- 一品紅(Euphorbia pulcherrima)
- 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia,頁號 22:
- Masses of scarlet Poinsettias glowed bravely against the dark green background formed by broad-leafed plantains, whose great tattered leaves rustled with every gust of wind that reached them.
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近義詞[編輯]
- (一品紅): Christmas star、Mexican flame leaf