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eschscholtzia

/ ɛˈʃɒltsɪə /

noun

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of eschscholtzia1

named after J. F. von Eschscholtz (1743–1831), German naturalist
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Example Sentences

I am greatly interested by what you say on Eschscholtzia; I wish your plants had succeeded better.

The botanical genus Eschscholtzia was named by Adelbert von Chamisso in his honour.

In Glaucium and Eschscholtzia (Papaveraceae) the dissepiment is of a spongy nature.

Page 233, Index, Escholtzia changed to Eschscholtzia to reflect usage in text.

They are red in the peach, dark purple in the poppy and tulip, orange in Eschscholtzia, &c.

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