China aster
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English
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Etymology
[edit]It was brought from China to France by a missionary in the 18th century.
Noun
[edit]China aster (plural China asters)
- Callistephus chinensis, an ornamental plant native to China.
- 1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond, Broadview, published 2001, page 224:
- ‘[S]he carelessly bound a glowing wreath of African marygolds and purple China-aster, surmounting the whole with a light kerchief of pink Italian gauze, embroidered by herself in lilies of the valley.’
Translations
[edit]Callistephus chinensis
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