| 单词 | owl's clover |
| 释义 | > as lemmasowl's clover owl's clover n. (also owl clover) U.S. any of several New World species of the genus Orthocarpus and occasionally also the closely allied genera Castilleja and Triphysaria (family Scrophulariaceae), which bear spikes of flowers that are typically colourful and enclosed in pigmented, multi-lobed bracts, and whose corollas, or the markings on these, are thought to be reminiscent of owl faces. ΚΠ 1897 M. E. Parsons Wild Flowers Calif. (1902) 52 During the spring the meadows about San Francicso are luxuriantly covered with the pretty blossoms of the owl's clover, which make showy patches in some places. 1942 Amer. Midland Naturalist 27 768 Other species more characteristic of the drier places bordering the bog are..an owl-clover (Orthocarpus luteus). 1998 High Country News 11 May 4 (caption) Staghorn cholla in a sea of flowering red owl's clover, Organ Pipe National Monument, Arizona. < as lemmas |
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