| 单词 | little sunflower |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslittle sunflower a. More fully little sunflower, small sunflower. Any of various plants of the genus Helianthemum (family Cistaceae); a rock rose or sun rose. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > rock-rose and allies sunflower1597 rock rose1731 rock cistus1741 helianthemum1822 sun rose1822 1597 J. Gerard Herball iii. iv. 1102 Valerius Cordus nameth it Helianthemum, and Solis flos, or Sunne flower. 1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum v. lxxxiv. 655 Helianthemum vulgare, sive Chamæcistus flore luteo & Flos solis quorundam. The ordinary yellow Dwarfe Cistus or small Sunflower. 1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Helianthemum Dwarf Citrus, or little Sun-Flower. 1785 M. Cutler in Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. 1 457 American Cistus. Little Sunflower. Blossoms yellow, and the disk commonly turned towards the sun from morning until night. 1829 W. Cobbett Eng. Gardener vii. §440 Cistus, common dwarf, or little sunflower. Lat. C. Helianthemum. < as lemmas |
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