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chincherinchee

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chin·che·rin·chee  (chnch-rn-ch, chngk-)
n.
A southern African bulbous plant (Ornithogalum thyrsoides) in the lily family, whose fragrant cluster of showy white blossoms is popular as a cut flower.
[Afrikaans tjienkerientjee : tjienker-, imitative of a tinkling sound (from the sound the stems make when rubbed together) + uintjie, bulb, diminutive of ui, onion (from Middle Dutch uyen, ultimately from Latin uni, a kind of onion).]
chincherinchee [ˌtʃɪntʃərɪnˈtʃiː -ˈrɪntʃɪ]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a bulbous South African liliaceous plant, Ornithogalum thyrsoides, having long spikes of white or yellow long-lasting flowers
[of unknown origin]
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Noun1.chincherinchee - South African perennial with long-lasting spikes of white blossoms that are shipped in to Europe and America for use as winter cut flowers
Ornithogalum thyrsoides, wonder flower
star-of-Bethlehem - any of several perennial plants of the genus Ornithogalum native to the Mediterranean and having star-shaped flowers
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This was full of sweet-smelling hyacinths, puce cyclamens, and chincherinchees, as well as tropical coloured plants of unknown species.
Letter: Peep behind scenes at stately home entranced Culture Club ... by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
Gladioli and other summer-flowering corms such as ixias and sparaxis, tubers of Tropaeolum tuberosum and half-hardy summer-flowering bulbs including tigridias and chincherinchees should be lifted in autumn, as soon as the foliage has been blackened by frost.
gardening by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)
Gladioli and other summer-flowering corms such as ixias and sparaxis, tubers of tropaeolum tuberosum and half-hardy summer-flowering bulbs including tigridias and chincherinchees, should be lifted in autumn when the foliage has been blackened by frost.
How to give your bulbs a lift for winter; gardening by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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