| 单词 | early flowering |
| 释义 | > as lemmasearly flowering early flowering adj. (of a plant) flowering relatively early in the growing season; also figurative; = early blooming adj.Cf. late-flowering adj. at late adv. Compounds 1b. ΚΠ 1629 J. Parkinson Paradisi in Sole vii. 42 Some of them [sc. common checkerd Daffodills] likewise doe flower very early, euen with or before the early flowring Tulipas. 1781 J. Abercrombie Compl. Forcing-gardener 152 Any other early flowering kinds, such as ten-week stocks, &c. may be soon raised to a handsome flowering-state. 1882 Garden 3 June 385/3 The early flowering Gentians..have done badly as regards bloom. a1992 M. Lerner Wounded Titans (1996) 54 But though he talked of William Pitt, he lacked Pitt's early flowering genius. 2008 J. Janick & R. E. Paull Encycl. Fruit & Nuts 851/1 Offspring of early-flowering genotypes [of jojoba] that have met chilling requirements in late autumn or early winter will not survive spring frosts. < as lemmas |
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