| 单词 | fame-flower |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfame-flower fame-flower n. (see quot. 1891). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > non-British flowers > North American innocent1600 lychnidea1733 swamp lily1737 atamasco lily1743 phlox1754 lychnis1760 painted cup1776 mountain pink1818 phacelia1818 innocence1821 Nemophila1822 clarkia1827 Physostegia1830 bitter root1838 standing cypress1841 false mermaid1845 lion's heart1845 shooting star1856 lewisia1863 satin flower1871 fame-flower1879 baby blue-eyes1887 mayflower1892 agastache1900 obedient plant1900 Pennsylvania anemone1900 rock rose1906 Virginia bluebell1934 parsley1936 poached egg flower1963 poached eggs1971 poached egg plant1977 1879 T. Meehan Native Flowers & Ferns U.S. II. 55 Terete talinum... Thus Rafinesque proposed to call it Phemeranthes or ‘Fame-flower’. 1891 Cent. Dict. at Talinum T(alinum) teretifolium, a native of the United States from Pennsylvania to Colorado and southward, a low tuberous-rooted perennial, growing on rocks and exceptional in its cylindrical leaves, has been called fame-flower from the transitoriness of its elegant purple petals. 1941 R. S. Walker Lookout 47 It appears on the sandstones at Rock City..and travels all the way to the southern extremity... This is fame-flower. < as lemmas |
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