| 单词 | downy ling |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdowny ling C2. In names of plants having leaves or other parts covered with down, as †downy ling, downy oat-grass, downy willow, etc. ΚΠ 1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. G.viiv Vitis syluestris..maye be called in Englishe Heguine or Downiuine. 1787 R. W. Darwin Principia Botanica 236 Hawkweed, Woolly; or Downy sowthistle. 1839 G. W. Francis Little Eng. Flora 88 Downy Woundwort, the leaves of which are quite white and downy. 1847 J. W. Abert in W. H. Emory Notes Mil. Reconnaissance (1848) 387 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (30th Congr., 1st Sess.: House of Representatives Exec. Doc. 41) IV Here we noticed the white hickory, or downy hickory. 1878 J. Britten & R. Holland Dict. Eng. Plant-names Downy Ling, Eriophorum polystachyon, L. Ayrsh[ire]. 1905 A. D. Hall Bk. Rothamsted Exper. 157 On Plot 17 ([treated with] nitrate) deep-rooting grasses like Meadow Foxtail and Downy Oat Grass are prominent. 1999 Daily Mail (Nexis) 13 Apr. 36 Plants wiped out in the past 50 years include the corncockle, the downy hemp-nettle, the summer lady's tresses, [etc.]. 2014 G. Hemery & S. Simblet New Sylva 124/1 The most common willow in these scrubs is downy willow (Salix lapponum). < as lemmas |
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