| 单词 | mojave aster |
| 释义 | > as lemmasMojave aster Mojave aster n. a small, aster-like perennial, Xylorhiza tortifolia (family Asteraceae ( Compositae)), with purplish to white ray flowers and a yellow disc, which is found chiefly in the Mojave and Colorado deserts; also called desert aster. Π 1933 E. C. Jaeger Calif. Deserts 131 When it comes out in force on the gravelly mesas and rocky hills, the Mohave aster..presents an equally striking spectacle. 1946 D. C. Peattie Road of Naturalist (U.K. ed.) i. 19 I discovered that the desert dandelions and Mojave asters and many other flowers close up at night. 1976 Hortus Third (L. H. Bailey Hortorium) Machaeranthera... tortifolia... Mojave aster. 1994 Atlanta Jrnl. & Constit. (Nexis) 18 Dec. n1 After brief rains of spring and random torrential downpours of summer, desertgold, Mojave aster, desert fivespot, gravel ghost and primrose leap into being. < as lemmas |
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