| 单词 | pincushion flower |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspincushion flower pincushion flower n. (a) = sense 2(a); (b) Australian = pincushion hakea n.; (c) U.S. = sense 2(c). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > names applied to various flowers heliotropec1000 flower jaunette1423 helichrysum1551 sunflower1562 Armeria1578 hyacinth1578 pimpernel1578 vaccin1589 heliochryse1593 purple1604 sunflower1622 mayflower1626 starflower1629 bluebottle1648 pink1731 trumpet-flower1732 fly-wort1753 witches' thimbles1820 honey plant1824 black-eyed Susan1836 shell-flower1845 pincushion1847 pincushion flower1856 nightingale1862 garland-flower1866 paper-white1880 1856 ‘E. S. Delamer’ Flower Garden 103 Scabiosa atro-purpurea... Pincushion Flower. 1911 W. R. Guilfoyle Austral. Plants 201 Hakea laurina ‘Pin Cushion Flower’ (evergreen shrub or tree, 10 to 30 ft.), f[lowers] crimson—W. Aust. 1933 Torreya 33 59 In this world of picturesque grandeur..[is] the pure white pincushion flower (Chaenactis douglasii). 1938 T. Y. Harris Wild Flowers Austral. 25 Pincushion Flower (Hakea laurina)... Pink blossoms with cream stigmas projecting for some distance and the flowers in globular heads have earned the name for this most attractive plant. 1972 F. Perry Flowers of World 101/1 S. caucasica, the Pincushion Flower, was introduced to Britain in 1591 and has become a favourite for border and cut-flower work. 1995 Smithsonian Mar. 80 A few desert basins have been freckled with white dots of pincushion flowers. < as lemmas |
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