| 单词 | painted lady pease |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspainted lady pease b. A bicoloured form of the sweet pea, Lathyrus odoratus (also painted lady pea and †painted lady pease), or of the scarlet runner, Phaseolus coccineus (also painted lady scarlet runner). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > pea flowers everlasting pea1599 sweet-scented pea1728 sweet pea1732 painted lady pea1760 pea-flower1824 pride of California1895 1760 J. Alcock Life Miss F. Brown i. 5 Her Face was adorned with White and Red, like the blossom of a painted lady pea. 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 321 Painted Lady Pease, Lathyrus. 1800 M. Edgeworth Parent's Assistant (ed. 3) V. 210 The seedsman was folding up some painted-ladypease. 1823 G. Crabb Universal Technol. Dict. Painted lady, the name of a beautifully variegated pea, the Lathyrus odoratus of Linnæus. 1851 Birmingham & Midl. Gardeners' Mag. Apr. 45 A row of Scarlet Runners may be sown (those called Painted Ladies are very ornamental as well as useful). c1878 T. E. Brown Capt. Tom & Capt. Hugh 29 Hughie was settin' convolvulars, And Annie was setting these—what's their name? Painted ladies! aye, the same—Like butterflies mostly—lovely things, With their little curly catchy strings! 1956 Dict. Gardening (Royal Hort. Soc.) (ed. 2) I. 244/2 The Common Scarlet Runner with scarlet flowers, and black..seeds... the Painted Lady with scarlet and white flowers and brown..seeds [etc.]. 1995 Independent 27 May 31/2 A tunnel of hazel sticks, supporting ‘Painted Lady’ runner beans. < as lemmas |
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