单词 | late-flowering |
释义 | > as lemmaslate-flowering late-flowering adj. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by age or cycles > [adjective] > ripe or ripened > ripening or becoming ripe > ripening or flowering late late1440 late-flowering1577 late-coming1598 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry f. 189v There is good store of late flowring hearbs, as Tyme, wylde Marierum, and Sauery. 1629 J. Parkinson Paradisi in Sole 61 The late flowring Tulipa. 1815 W. Wordsworth White Doe of Rylstone iv. 70 Late-flowering woodbine. 1855 J. L. Motley Rise Dutch Republic Hist. Introd. iii. 13 That noble language which her late-flowering literature has rendered so illustrious. 1963 Times 23 May 5/2 A late-flowering passion for one of her husband's authors. 2004 Independent 2 Oct. (Mag.) 53/4 Ornamental grasses and late-flowering perennials. < as lemmas |
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