Clematis
发音
How to pronounce Clematis in British English:
英 [ˈklemətɪs; kləˈmeɪtɪs]
How to pronounce Clematis in American English:
美 [ ˈklemətɪs,kləˈmeɪtɪs]
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- Noun:
- any of various ornamental climbing plants of the genus Clematis usually having showy flowers
单词词源
- Clematis (n.)
- plant genus, 1550s, "periwinkle," from Latin Clematis, from Greek klematis, in Dioscorides as the name of a climbing or trailing plant (OED says probably the periwinkle) with long and lithe branches, diminutive of klema "vine-branch, shoot or twig broken off" (for grafting), from klan "to break" (see clastic).
双语例句
- 1. Chinese clematis with serrate leaves and large yellow flowers .
- 2. Shrubby clematis of the eastern united states having curly foliage .
- 3. Extracting technique of polysaccharide from clematis chinensis osbeck .
- 4. Should it grow and open full , the sweet clematis .
- 5. We 've got a couple of clematis in our front garden .