| 单词 | poor man's orchid |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspoor man's orchid poor man's orchid n. = schizanthus n.; also butterfly flower. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > non-British flowers > of south or tropical America marvel of Peru1597 flower of the night1665 world's wonder1706 butterfly flower1731 mirabilis1754 four o'clock flower1756 bastard mustard1759 Browallia1782 bastard plantain1796 cleome1806 alonsoa1812 gloxinia1816 schizanthus1823 butterfly plant1825 petunia1825 sinningia1826 salpiglossis1827 mask flower1834 poinsettia1836 guaco1844 spiderwort1846 mist flower1848 balisier1858 spider flower1861 sun plant1862 eucharis1866 pretty-by-night1869 Rocky Mountain bee plant1870 urn-flower1891 tulip-poppy1909 smithiantha1917 poor man's orchid1922 ten o'clock1953 tiger-iris- 1922 Lima (Ohio) News & Times-Democrat 27 Sept. 7/4 Many improved varieties of the ‘poor man's orchid’ [sc. the iris] are now available. 1956 Pasadena (Calif.) Independent 17 June 15/2 Sutton's had selected three different mixtures of schizanthus, or Poor Man's Orchid. 1976 Hortus Third (L. H. Bailey Hortorium) 1018/1 Schizanthus... Butterfly Flower, poor-man's orchid. 1986 Woman's Day (Melbourne) 2 June 107/2 Another annual which is a delightful temporary house plant for winter and spring is poor man's orchid Schizanthus. 2002 Roanoke (Virginia) Times & World News (Nexis) 14 July d1 Often referred to as the ‘perfect perennial’ or the ‘poor man's orchid’, the day lily is one of the hardiest of its type. 2004 Jrnl. (Newcastle) (Nexis) 28 Feb. (Life section) 54 Try schizanthus (poor man's orchid), which is a beauty and grows easily from seed sown now with heat. < as lemmas |
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