英语词汇rose of sharon的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

rose of Sharon. There are at least 25 species of flowers and shrubs named after the rose, usually because of some physical resemblance. The rose of Sharon is one of them, taking its last name not from any woman named Sharon, but from the He- brew place name Sharon, for the fertile level tract along the coast of Palestine, where the flower mentioned in the Bible was said to grow. The identity of the true rose of Sharon is uncertain and today the name is applied to several plants in America, generally to the showy late shrub Hibiscus syriacus (also called althea).

词汇	rose of sharon
词源	rose of Sharon. There are at least 25 species of flowers and shrubs named after the rose, usually because of some physical resemblance. The rose of Sharon is one of them, taking its last name not from any woman named Sharon, but from the He- brew place name Sharon, for the fertile level tract along the coast of Palestine, where the flower mentioned in the Bible was said to grow. The identity of the true rose of Sharon is uncertain and today the name is applied to several plants in America, generally to the showy late shrub Hibiscus syriacus (also called althea).
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