| 单词 | prickly rhubarb |
| 释义 | > as lemmasprickly rhubarb prickly rhubarb n. any of several large ornamental waterside plants of the genus Gunnera, including G. manicata and G. tinctoria, which have very large leaves borne on spiny stalks; cf. gunnera n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > foliage, house, or garden plants > [noun] > other ornamental plants milkwood1696 bignonia1719 Molucca balm1731 gunnera1789 lantana1791 aubrietia1829 zebrina1846 alocasia1858 billbergia1858 prickly thrift1866 bocconia1867 prickly rhubarb1895 prayer plant1951 1895 W. Robinson Eng. Flower Garden (ed. 4) 500/2 Gunnera (Prickly Rhubarb).—South American plants remarkable for large and handsome foliage, somewhat resembling that of gigantic Rhubarb. 1952 A. G. L. Hellyer Sanders' Encycl. Gardening (ed. 22) 217 Gunnera (Prickly Rhubarb)... Hardy herbaceous perennials. First introduced mid-nineteenth century. 2003 Sunday Mirror (Nexis) 19 Jan. (Features section) 71 The bold-leaved prickly rhubarb, Gunnera manicata, is an amazing architectural plant that has huge, palm-like, deeply-veined leaves on stalks up to 8ft tall. < as lemmas |
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