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资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Paulownia \Pau*low"ni*a\, n. [NL. So named from the Russian
princess Anna Pavlovna.] (Bot.)
A genus of trees of the order {Scrophulariace[ae]},
consisting of one species, {Paulownia imperialis}.
Note: The tree is native to Japan, and has immense
heart-shaped leaves, and large purplish flowers in
panicles. The capsules contain many little winged
seeds, which are beautiful microscopic objects. The
tree is hardy in America as far north as Connecticut.