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crinum

/krahy-nuhm/US // ˈkraɪ nəm //UK // (ˈkraɪnəm) //

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any of the tropical and subtropical bulbous plants constituting the genus Crinum, of the amaryllis family, usually having umbels of large, showy flowers.

Examples

  • The normal rate of growth of the bud of Crinum was 0.35  per second.

  • This is a million times the actual rate of growth of the Crinum bud.

  • Here also a species of Crinum (the “papau” of the natives) and the Tacca pinnatifida (“mamago”) may be usually found.

  • Crinum Amnum, new and very beautiful, white-striped crimson.

  • I, therefore, employed the slower growing flower bud of Crinum.

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