| 单词 | fairy moss |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfairy moss fairy moss n. any of various delicate mosses or moss-like plants; spec. = azolla n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > ferns > [noun] > fairy-moss fern or part fairy moss1840 azolla1872 massula1882 1840 J. Hodgson & J. Raine Hist. Northumberland: Pt. II III. 361/2 Trichostomum polyphillum, Many-headed Fairy-moss. 1938 F. Perry Water Gardening ix. 134 The Azollas are so dainty in appearance that the English name of Fairy Moss is no misnomer. 1999 R. R. Archibald Place to Remember ii. 40 The portions nearest the ground are covered with lichens that merge into ‘fairy moss’ where the rocks submerge into earth. 2004 BBC Gardeners' World Dec. 9/3 The azolla weevil has been released into the river Lambourn in Berkshire to combat the fast-spreading fairy moss, Azolla filiculoides. < as lemmas |
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