- balloon flower
- 1. Platycodon grandiflorum. 2. a preparation of the roots of P. grandiflorum, used in traditional Chinese medicine as an expectorant.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
balloon-flower — stambiažiedis plačvarpis statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Katilėlinių šeimos daržovinis, dekoratyvinis, maistinis, vaistinis augalas (Platycodon grandiflorus), paplitęs rytų Azijoje. atitikmenys: lot. Platycodon grandiflorum angl. balloon… … Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)
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balloon flower — noun Date: circa 1900 a perennial Asian herb (Platycodon grandiflorus) cultivated for its star shaped flowers which open from buds resembling balloons … New Collegiate Dictionary
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balloonflower — balloon flower n. An east Asian perennial herb (Platycodon grandiflorus) having large, star shaped, often violet blue flowers and grown as an ornamental. * * * ▪ plant also called Chinese bellflower (species Platycodon grandiflorum) plant that … Universalium
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