| 单词 | dwarf honeysuckle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdwarf honeysuckle dwarf honeysuckle n. (a) a low-growing perennial herbaceous plant of moorlands and mountains of Europe, Asia, and parts of North America, Cornus suecica (family Cornaceae), having an inflorescence consisting of tiny purple flowers surrounded by four white bracts, and globular red fruits (now historical and rare); (b) (chiefly U.S.) any of various relatively small honeysuckles (genus Lonicera) and bush honeysuckles (genus Diervilla) (family Caprifoliaceae). ΚΠ 1597 J. Gerard Herball iii. 1113 (caption) Chamæpericlymenum. Dwarfe Honisuckle. 1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) II. 201 Cornus herbacea, dwarf honeysuckle, dwarf cornel. 1812 Catal. Forest Trees (W. A. & J. Mackie) 31 Lonicera Diervilla, Yellow Dwarf Honeysuckle. 1987 Systematic Bot. 12 507/2 C[ornus] suecica was first called chamaepericlymenum, dwarf honeysuckle. 2013 S. Williams Creating Prairie Xeriscape (rev. ed.) vii. 128 The dwarf honeysuckles are used as low hedging, in mixed borders and for massing. < as lemmas |
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