| 单词 | garden variety |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgarden variety garden variety n. a variety of plant cultivated or likely to be found growing in a garden; (in extended use, frequently attributive) a common, ordinary, or unremarkable type of anything; cf. common or garden at common adj. and adv. Phrases 2. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > foliage, house, or garden plants > [noun] garden variety1783 1783 C. Bryant Flora Diætetica vi. 234 The only garden-variety [of Cherries] procured by sowing the stones, is the Black Corone. 1882 Garden 11 Nov. 426/1 The garden varieties of Salpiglossis rank amongst the finest of all half-hardy annuals. 1908 Fort Wayne (Indiana) Daily News 13 Mar. 8/5 The story told by the girl is a regular thriller and puts to shame the offerings of the garden variety of stock company. 1983 Garden Design Autumn 10/1 In the garden variety ‘Aureomarginata’, they are longitudinally striped and margined with yellow. 2013 E. Laybourne Sky on Fire xiii. 121 It felt good to have something to fight for, besides the old garden variety survival. < as lemmas |
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