单词 | mountain everlasting |
释义 | > as lemmasmountain everlasting mountain everlasting n. an everlasting (everlasting n. 2) native to mountainous regions of northern Europe, northern Asia, and Alaska, Antennaria dioica, having a basal rosette of hairy silver-green leaves and corymbs of tiny white or pink flowers.Also called cat's-foot. ΚΠ 1789 W. Aiton Hortus Kewensis III. 178 Mountain Everlasting, or Cudweed. 1869 H. Macmillan Holidays High Lands i. 15 The common cat's-paw or mountain everlasting (Antennaria dioica) whose dry white or pink flowers and downy leaves cover our moorlands in myriads. 1961 Country Life 23 Feb. 399/1 Here and there a mountain everlasting; the first flowers of moss-campion below 4,000 feet. 2016 M. Scott Mountain Flowers viii. 160 (caption) The hairy stem of Mountain Everlasting is rarely more than 10cm tall. < as lemmas |
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