| 单词 | alpine rose |
| 释义 | > as lemmasAlpine rose Alpine rose n. [after post-classical Latin rosa Alpina (1586 or earlier)] (a) the rose Rosa pendulina (formerly R. alpina), of the mountains of central and southern Europe, which has bright pink flowers and hanging red fruits; (b) = alpenrose n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > azaleas or rhododendrons mountain rose1640 rhododendron1657 Alpine rose1728 winterbloom1752 azalea1753 mountain rosebay1759 rosebay1760 rhodora1770 mountain laurel1785 swamp azalea1796 big laurel1810 rose tree1818 white honeysuckle1818 meadow pink1827 Pinkster1833 mayflower1838 alpenrose1839 swamp pink1840 rhodie1851 swamp honeysuckle1856 ponticum1875 tree azalea1884 rhodo1886 Kurume azalea1920 1728 R. Bradley Dict. Botanicum at Rosa Rosa Montana, i. e. Rosa Alpina, or the Alpine Rose. 1833 L. Agassiz Journey Switzerland 174 Along this track I observed..an especially great number of the Alpine rose, that beautiful pink dwarf rhododendron. 1913 H. H. Thomas Rose Bk. xxi. 139 Rosa alpina, the Alpine rose, is a native of Europe... The branches are often destitute of, or armed with but few, spines. 1922 M. I. Newbigin Frequented Ways ix. 104 The two types of Alpine rose or rhododendron and the abundance of the mazereon are features novel to the botanist from Great Britain. 2009 Times (Nexis) 16 May The route heads east through patches of alpine roses and ancient stands of stone pine to the Boscheben hut. < as lemmas |
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