| 单词 | fogfruit |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfogfruit fogfruit n. U.S. any of various decumbent perennial flowering plants of the genus Phyla (family Verbenaceae), esp. P. lanceolata, native to the United States but widely grown as ornamental garden plants, having small white or pink flowers surrounding a purple spike at the tip of a long, thin stalk; also called frogfruit. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Verbenaceae family or plants > [noun] verbene1527 vervain1578 wild hyssop1660 fogfruit1817 velvet-bur1866 1817 A. Eaton Man. Bot. 70 [Zapania] lanceolata, (fog-fruit) leaves lance-linear sharp-serrate, stem creeping. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 502/1 Fog-fruit. An American name for Lippia nodiflora. 1985 Hutchinson (Kansas) News 27 May 3/6 The morning's first discovery—fog fruit, a plant that grows in low areas and is crowned with small, purple flowers—was waiting for the group at the beginning of the trail. 2004 T. G. Barnes & S. W. Francis Wildflowers & Ferns Kentucky 165 Fogfruit. Phyla lanceolata. < as lemmas |
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