单词 | cliff rose |
释义 | > as lemmascliff rose cliff rose n. any of several shrubs of the genus Purshia (family Rosaceae), native to arid regions of southwestern North America, having five-petalled white, yellow, or pink flowers; (in early use also) †the southwestern American plant Fallugia paradoxa (family Rosaceae), which has similar flowers (obsolete). ΚΠ 1848 G. Engelmann in A. Wislizenus Mem. Tour Northern Mexico App. 114 Greggia rupestris is a lovely, sweet-scented shrub, with flowers resembling roses in shape and colour, so that Dr. Gregg was induced to name it the ‘Cliff rose’. 1887 W. Matthews Mountain Chant in 5th Ann. Rep. Bureau Amer. Ethnol. 1883–4 409 Each held an arrow made of the cliff rose (Cowania mexicana) in his extended right hand. 2008 J. L. Adams in Manoa 20 75 Sand and slick rock, cliff rose, juniper, and prickly pear. < as lemmas |
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