单词 | linum |
释义 | linumn. Botany. A genus of plants (family Linaceæ) of which flax is a well known example. In popular use, applied to the ornamental species of this genus. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > rosaceous plants > [noun] > linum or fairy-flax mill-mountain1633 mountain flax1648 rupturewort1670 purging flax1684 fairy flax1737 mountain flax1841 purge flax1853 fairy lint1859 dwarf-flax1863 linum1867 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > rose and allied flowers > allied flowers rose1527 linum1867 1867 M. E. Herbert Cradle Lands v. 138 The hillsides [on the road to Bethel] were covered with the most lovely spring flowers; dwarf irises, the delicate pink linum [etc.]. 1882 Garden 3 June 385/3 Linums have stood the past winter better than heretofore. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1867 |
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