SAINTPAULIA

Meaning of SAINTPAULIA in English

[ s(ə)nt'pɔ:lɪə ]

■ noun an African violet. [Genus Saintpaulia .]

Origin

mod. L., from the name of the German explorer Baron W. von Saint Paul (1860–1910).

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

SAINTPAULIA — sāntˈpȯlēə noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Baron Walter von Saint Paul died 1910 German soldier and colonial administrator …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SAINTPAULIA — saintpaulia BrE AmE s ə n t ˈpɔːl i‿ə ⇨s ə m-, ˌseɪnt- AmE \ ˌseɪnt- -ˈpɑːl- ▷ saintpaulia|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SAINTPAULIA — n. any plant of the genus Saintpaulia, esp. the African violet. [Baron W. von Saint Paul, Ger. soldier d. 1910, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SAINTPAULIA — n. any plant of the genus Saintpaulia, esp. the African violet. [ Baron W. von Saint Paul, Ger. soldier d. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SAINTPAULIA — n. any plant of the genus Saintpaulia, esp. the African violet. Etymology: Baron W. von Saint Paul, Ger. soldier d. …
Oxford English vocab
SAINTPAULIA — Узамбарская фиалка
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
AFRICAN VIOLET — noun Date: 1902 any of several tropical African gesneriads (especially Saintpaulia ionantha ) widely grown as houseplants for their velvety …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
AFRICAN VIOLET — Any plant of the genus Saintpaulia , of the gesneriad family, especially S. ionantha . African violets are native to …
Английский словарь Британика
AFRICAN VIOLET — noun Usage: usually capitalized A : a tropical African plant ( Saintpaulia ionantha ) with long-petioled fleshy leaves in a …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AFRICAN VIOLET — a popular house plant, Saintpaulia ionantha, of the gesneriad family, having hairy leaves and showy violet, pink, or white flowers. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
AFRICAN VIOLET — Date: 1902 : any of several tropical African gesneriads (especially Saintpaulia ionantha ) widely grown as houseplants for their velvety …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
AFRICAN VIOLET — ■ noun a small East African plant with heart-shaped velvety leaves and violet, pink, or white flowers. [Genus Saintpaulia : …
Concise Oxford English vocab
AFRICAN VIOLET — [African violet] n (1902): any of several tropical African gesneriads (esp. Saintpaulia ionantha) widely grown as houseplants for their velvety …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SCROPHULARIALES — order of dicotyledonous flowering plants, a division of the subclass Asteridae. Although most are herbaceous, some are shrubs, woody vines, …
Britannica English vocabulary
GESNERIACEAE — one of 18 families in the flowering plant order Scrophulariales, consisting of about 140 genera and more than 1,800 species …
Britannica English vocabulary
AFRICAN VIOLET — flowering plant of the genus Saintpaulia (family Gesneriaceae), especially S. ionantha. The genus consists of 12 species native to higher …
Britannica English vocabulary
AFRICAN — n. & adj. --n. 1 a native of Africa (esp. a dark-skinned person). 2 a person of African descent. --adj. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
AFRICAN — n. & adj. n. 1 a native of Africa (esp. a dark-skinned person). 2 a person of African descent. adj. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
AFRICAN — n. & adj. --n. 1. a native of Africa (esp. a dark-skinned person). 2 a person of African descent. --adj. …
Oxford English vocab
AFRICAN VIOLET — Any plant of the genus Saintpaulia , of the gesneriad family, especially S. ionantha . African violets are native to …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
УЗАМБАРСКАЯ ФИАЛКА — Saintpaulia
Русско-Американский Английский словарь
AFRICAN VIOLET — узамбарская фиалка, сенполия (Saintpaulia ionantha)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
AFRICAN VIOLET — узамбарская фиалка, сенполия ( Saintpaulia ionantha )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
СЕНПОЛИЯ — (Saintpaulia ionantha) African violet
Новый Русско-Английский биологический словарь

Concise Oxford English vocab

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