单词 | field violet |
释义 | > as lemmasfield violet field violet n. any of several wild violets found in grassland, esp. Viola arvensis, with white and yellow flowers, and the scentless dog violet, V. canina, with blue-purple flowers. ΚΠ 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. cxi. 366 The smallest Bell flower hath many round leaues, very like those of the common field Violet. 1740 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. (new ed.) at Viola Viola arvensis tota luteo... Field Violet, with a Flower all yellow. 1822 A. Eaton Man. Bot. (ed. 3) 515 Viola..arvensis (field violet)... Petals white, the lower one spotted with yellow.—Smith sets this down under V. tricolor, as one of it's varieties. 1918 House & Garden Sept. 37/1 The grass is powdered with drifts of bluets, mingled with the large blossoms of the field violet. 2008 Windsor (Ontario) Star (Nexis) 11 Oct. f8 Two types of violets can be found in lawns—field violets (annual) and sweet violets (perennial). < as lemmas |
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