choisya
(ˈtʃɔɪzɪə, ˈʃwɑːzɪə)
[mod.L. (C. S. Kunth in Humboldt & Bonpland's Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (1823) VI. 513), from the name of M. J. D. Choisy (1799–1859), a Swiss botanist.]
An evergreen shrub, the only member of the genus so called, native to Mexico and belonging to the family Rutaceæ; also called Mexican orange.
| 1840 J. Paxton Pocket Bot. Dict. 75/1 Choisya..is an ornamental shrub, growing about six feet high. 1913 W. G. Lawrence Let. 5 Nov. in Home Lett. T. E. Lawrence (1954) 461 Your letter—enclosing the flower of the choisya—came last mail. 1963 Times 9 Feb. 11/3 A few nights of searing east winds may yet singe my choisya. |