| 单词 | plant case |
| 释义 | > as lemmasplant case plant case n. rare (now historical) a container for plants; spec. a collector's case for carrying botanical specimens. ΚΠ 1847 R. Fortune Three Years' Wanderings China iv. 50 Two glazed plant cases filled with plants from Amoy, were dashed to pieces. 1875 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 45 3 A small plant-case, suspended over the cabin stove, supplied us every week with a little cress and cabbage for the scorbutic. 1926 Sci. Monthly July 86/2 His mutilated remains were found the following day (August 13, 1834) and nearby was his plant-case and the faithful little dog. 1994 Philadelphia Inquirer (Nexis) 4 Nov. e1 The Wardian glass plant case for easy transport of ferns and other plants had been accidentally invented in 1830 by Londoner Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward when he left a moth chrysalis in a covered bottle for several months and found that the plants inside survived without water. < as lemmas |
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