phlox的词源

英文词源

phlox (n.)

1706, from Latin, where it was the name of a flower (Pliny), from Greek phlox "kind of plant with showy flowers" (probably Silene vulgaris), literally "flame," related to phlegein "to burn" (see bleach (v.)). Applied to the North American flowering plant by German botanist Johann Jakob Dillenius (1684-1747).

中文词源

phlox：福禄考（高大开花植物）

来自希腊语phlox,火焰，如火焰般绚烂的花，来自phlegein,燃烧，发热，来自PIE*bhel,照耀，燃烧，词源同blaze,bleach.

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