| 单词 | pretty betsy |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspretty Betsy pretty Betsy n. regional red valerian, Centranthus ruber (family Valerianaceae). ΚΠ 1899 Church Times 24 Nov. 622/1 He probably means valerian or Pretty Betsy, common on the chalk of North Kent. 1955 G. Grigson Englishman's Flora 87 If you look up at the grey walls of the Cheddar Gorge in the Mendips, you will see more of Ivy and of Pretty Betsy or Red Valerian (Kentranthus ruber) than anything else. 2004 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 7 May e33 We went on to the unbelievably tall red valerian, Centranthus rubra [sic] Pretty Betsy, which had to be close to four feet. < as lemmas |
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