单词 | plantswoman |
释义 | plantswomann. A female expert in garden plants and gardening. Cf. plantsman n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > gardener > [noun] leightonwardc1000 curtilera1300 gardenerc1300 gardener1340 curtelaina1400 hortulan1526 ortolan1526 Adamist1623 fosterer1628 gardeneressa1645 under-gardener1687 horticulist1754 horticultor1760 yard boy1776 garden boy1798 horticulturist1818 plantsman1881 mali1908 plantswoman1933 1933 Los Angeles Times 7 May (Farm & Garden Mag.) 10/4 [At] the San Diego spring flower show..Miss Kate Sessions, veteran plantswoman, was on hand with her usual group of ardent followers crowding around her asking questions. 1968 R. Dutton Hinton Ampner 108 My mother, although no plantswoman, had a strong sense of the setting required for a rather large house. 1974 R. L. Fox Variations on Garden 127 It is also called Miss Willmott's Ghost, Miss Willmott being a former plantswoman of the home counties with a tongue, and tastes, as sharp as a thistle's spine. 1993 Garden Answers May 105/1 Hilary remembers the pink-flowered Iris ‘Party Dress’, the yellow ‘Ola Kala’ and the blue ‘Eleanor's Pride’ which were among the first ones her mother, a keen plantswoman, grew. 2002 Gardens Illustr. Sept. 58 (caption) A view through the rose-covered pergola of the 19th century, Lutyens-designed house, inspired by the plantswoman Gertrude Jekyll. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1933 |
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