单词 | hardy annual |
释义 | > as lemmashardy annual hardy annual n. an annual plant tolerant of frost or cold, typically sown in the open ground where it is to flower, and sometimes returning year after year from self-sown seed; (figurative) a matter or news story that returns regularly. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by age or cycles > [noun] > annual annual1633 hardy annual1706 tender annual1769 winter annual1857 semi-annual1882 therophyte1913 the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > topic, subject-matter > [noun] > recurring theme refraina1413 hardy annual1706 hardy perennial1759 1706 G. London & H. Wise Retir'd Gard'ner I. iii. xv. 341 There are many Sorts of Candy-Tufts, but in our Gardens in England we make use but of Two Sorts of them... to make a Show the First Year; after which the Plants produce their Seed, and die. The Plants of this Sort we call Hardy Annuals. 1852 R. Buist Amer. Flower-garden Directory (ed. 5) 29 Hardy Annuals..are possessed of much beauty of hue. 1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 16 Aug. 4/2 (Farmer) Readers..are once more filling the columns of that journal with ‘Is Marriage a Failure?’ The hardy annual is called ‘English Wives’ this time. 1921 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 22 Oct. 678/2 My protest is a hardy annual, and I fear the powers that be will let it remain so. 2004 BBC Gardeners' World Dec. 66/2 Sown outdoors from March to May, this hardy annual is the perfect choice for cottage garden borders where it will flower from July all the way through to September and will self-seed freely. < as lemmas |
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