单词 | cheese plant |
释义 | > as lemmascheese plant cheese plant n. (a) the common mallow, Malva sylvestris (cf. sense 2) (rare); (in later use also) = Swiss cheese plant n. at Swiss cheese n. Compounds; (b) (chiefly U.S.) a factory that makes cheese. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > foliage, house, or garden plants > [noun] > Swiss cheese plant cheese plant1846 Monstera1858 ceriman1871 Swiss cheese plant1946 1846 Course Six Lessons New Art of Memory iii. 26 I take the plant Malva sylvestris; I call this the cheese plant, on account of its fruit resembling, and being generally called cheeses. 1936 Sewage Wks. Jrnl. 8 489 In this class we also find the cheese plant that is very common in the northern part of New York State, where whole milk is manufactured into cheddar cheese. 1973 F. Ward & P. Peskett Indoor Plants 110 They [sc. Monstera deliciosa and M. obliqua] are commonly called Cheese Plant or Hurricane Plant. 2014 D. DeWitt Dishing up New Mexico iii. 101/1 Elsewhere in the state, the Glanbia cheese plant near Clovis is the largest producer of cheddar in North America. < as lemmas |
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