Also 8 floripendio, floripondy. [a. Sp. floripondio, ad. mod.L. floripondium, app. f. L. flōr(i)-, flōs flower + pondus weight.]
The Spanish name of two Peruvian species of datura or thorn-apple, D. arborea and D. sanguinea.
1604. E. G[rimston], trans. Acosta’s Nat. & Mor. Hist. Indies, IV. xxvii. 283. As those [some flowers of excellent scent] which growe vpon a tree termed by them Floripondio or carry flower [orig. has only: ‘which some call Floripondio’], which beares no fruit, but onely these flowers.
1745. P. Thomas, Jrnl. Anson’s Voy., 92. The Floripendio is a tree which bears no fruit, but only Flowers like Bells, as big as Lillies, which last all the Year, their Colour yellow, and their Scent agreeable.
1768. J. Byron, Narr. Patagonia, 218. Their gardens are full of noble orange-trees and flori-pondies, with all sorts of flowers, which perfume the houses, and even the whole city.
1815. W. Bowles, Missionary, VIII. 178.
| And, arch’d with gay and pendant flow’rs above, | |
| The floripondio its rich trellis wove. |
1866. Treas. Bot., Floripondio. Datura sanguinea.
