| 单词 | carrion-flower |
| 释义 | > as lemmascarrion-flower carrion-flower n. a name for the genus Stapelia, also for Smilax herbacea, from the scent of their blossoms. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Liliaceae family or plants > [noun] > smilax plants sharp-bindc1050 sharp smilaxc1050 carrion-flower1852 the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > non-British plants or herbs > [noun] > African plants > stapelias stapelia1785 starfish1840 carrion-flower1852 toad-flower1884 stapeliad1933 1852 H. D. Thoreau Jrnl. 13 June (1997) V. 93 The smilax herbacea, Carrion-flower, a rank green vine... It smells exactly like a dead rat in the wall,—& apparently attracts flies like carrion. 1855 J. F. W. Johnston Chem. Common Life I. 332 The Stapelias are called carrion-flowers because of the disagreeable putrid odours they exhale. < as lemmas |
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