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粵語辭叢

滿天星

mun5 tin1 sing1included in 3 dictionaries
粵典 (words.hk)Hong KongWord

圓錐石頭花,一束有好多白色細細朵嘅花,睇落好似好多星星咁,因而得名。經常被應用於花束同裝飾上。 (Gypsophila paniculata; baby's breath; literally, stars all over the sky)

名詞
維基辭典YueWord

Original phonetic: /muːn¹³ tʰiːn⁵⁵ sɪŋ⁵⁵/

01

baby's breath (Gypsophila paniculata)

02

Mantianxing (a village in Yonglong, Jingshan, Jingmen, Hubei, China)

粵語辭源: 240_2CantonWord

Original phonetic: mun5 tin1 xing1

石竹科絲石竹屬植物。粵俗,過年多瓶插室內祈福。

References:
  • ~,葉如冬青,花小而白,開必滿樹,故名。即六月雪也。(曾尊《恩平縣志》卷九葉二十七)