| 单词 | barren strawberry |
| 释义 | > as lemmasBarren Strawberry 3. Of trees or plants: Without fruit or seed. (Sometimes specifically, as in Barren Strawberry, a strawberry-like plant bearing only a dry seed.) ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by poor growth > [adjective] > not fruitful or sterile barrenc1405 bearless1612 infructuous1615 sterile1626 acarpous1871 ablastous1878 c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 1119 Knotty, knarry, bareyne trees olde. 1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Aveneron, barren oates. 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 397 Barren welde hath a thicke wooddie roote. 1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. i. xi. 306 Rise in the real price of barren timber, in consequence of the improvement of land. View more context for this quotation 1861 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. I. 9 Flowers..which have stamens only, are said to be barren. 1878 B. Taylor Prince Deukalion i. ii. 23 The barren bough hung apples to the sun. < as lemmas |
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