achimenes

American  

[uh-kim-uh-neez] / əˈkɪm əˌniz /

noun

plural

achimenes

1. any of several tropical American herbs of the genus Achimenes, cultivated for their showy, tubular flowers.

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achimenes British  

/ ˌækɪˈmiːniːz /

noun

1. any plant of the tropical S American tuberous-rooted perennial genus Achimenes, with showy red, blue, or white tubular flowers, some of which are grown as greenhouse plants: family Gesneriaceae

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Etymology

Origin of achimenes

< New Latin (1791), alteration of Latin achaemenis < Greek achaimenís

Example Sentences

Achimenes.—Repot, as also Begonias and Gesneras, for succession of late bloom.

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Achimenes.—They delight in a steady, moist heat; to be shaded in the middle of hot days, to prevent the sun from scorching the foliage; and never to be watered overhead.

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Achimenes.—Place the tubers thickly in pans, to be potted singly as they appear, in equal portions of leaf mould and sandy loam; to be started into growth in a moderate bottom heat.

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Shift Achimenes, Begonias, Gesneras, &c., and keep them in a warm, moist situation.

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Achimenes.—The plants established in small pots may be removed into the flowering-pans, putting six plants into a pan.

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