| 单词 | bastard indigo |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbastard indigo bastard indigo n. any of several leguminous North American shrubs of the genus Amorpha, which typically have racemes of purple flowers; esp. A. fructicosa, previously used as a source of indigo dye but now cultivated as an ornamental.Cf. false indigo n. at indigo n. 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > non-British shrubs > [noun] > North-American wild tea1728 bastard indigo1730 mountain heath1731 groundsel-tree1736 amorpha1751 buttonbush1754 moosewood1778 pipestem wood1791 modesty1809 sand myrtle1814 wicopy1823 lead-plant1833 false indigo1841 sleek-leaf1845 arrow weed1848 rabbit bush1852 ribbonwood1860 rabbit brush1877 sea myrtle1883 pencil tree1884 tar-bush1884 ocean spray1906 1730 Philos. Trans. 1729–30 (Royal Soc.) 36 1 Barba Jovis, Caroliniana.., Bastard Indigo. 1813 J. M. Good et al. Pantologia at Amorpha Bastard indigo... There are two species, both natives of Carolina: a. fruticosa..and a. pubescens. 1917 E. E. Shaw Garden Flowers Summer II. 14 Bastard Indigo is well suited for planting with small shrubs in a rather dry and sunny spot. 2013 @BABowenPhotog 28 May in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) This Bastard Indigo was full of Checkered White Butterflies gathering nectar. < as lemmas |
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