lunaria
/lüˈna(a)rēə/ (ame, mw)
lunaria — 名詞
1. a flowering plant with purple or white flowers, often grown for its flat, silver
銀扇草
會長銀色圓扁果莢的植物
a flowering plant with purple or white flowers, often grown for its flat, silver seed pods
Wei dried a stalk of lunaria and kept the silver seed pods.
Wei 把一枝銀扇草風乾後，留下了銀色的種莢。
dried lunaria with silver seed pods
Lunaria grew beside the fence and bloomed with small purple flowers.
銀扇草長在籬笆旁，開出小小的紫色花朵。
At the spring market, Tara bought lunaria for her shade garden.
春天市集上，Tara 買了銀扇草來種在半陰的花園裡。
The dried lunaria on the dining table caught light like tiny coins.
餐桌上的乾燥銀扇草在光下看起來像小硬幣。
- flower
a much broader everyday word, not this particular plant
- garden plant
a broader label for any plant grown in a garden
- herb
a botanical category word rather than this exact plant name
文法句型
grow lunaria
a stalk of lunaria
dried lunaria
用法筆記
Usually refers to the plant itself, especially in gardens or dried flower displays. Use sense 2 when naming the scientific group that this plant belongs to.
2. a small group of flowering plants in the cabbage family that includes plants gro
銀扇草屬
十字花科的一個植物屬
a small group of flowering plants in the cabbage family that includes plants grown for flat, silver seed pods
The museum label placed Lunaria in the cabbage family of flowering plants.
博物館標籤把銀扇草屬列在十字花科的開花植物裡。
classification: the genus Lunaria
In science class, the teacher said Lunaria has only a few species.
自然課上，老師說銀扇草屬只有少數幾種植物。
The plant chart shows Lunaria near cabbage and mustard in the same family.
植物圖表把銀扇草屬和高麗菜、芥菜放在同一家族裡。
Her field guide listed Lunaria as a European genus with flat seed pods.
她的植物圖鑑把銀扇草屬列為帶有扁平種莢的歐洲植物屬。
- genus
the standard scientific term for this level of plant classification
- plant group
a simpler phrase that explains the idea without the technical label
文法句型
the genus Lunaria
species in Lunaria
用法筆記
Used mainly in botany, science classes, and plant labels when naming the scientific group. Distinguish from sense 1, which means one plant or the plant kind seen in gardens.