| 单词 | proliferous pink |
| 释义 | > as lemmasproliferous pink proliferous pink n. either of two plants of central and western Europe, Petrorhagia nanteuilii and P. prolifera (family Caryophyllaceae), having an epicalyx of brown bracts enclosing a head of pink flowers that open successively; also called childing pink. ΚΠ 1756 J. Hill Brit. Herbal 163/2 Proliferous Pink. Caryophyllus prolifer. The root is long, white, woody, divided, and furnished with many fibres. 1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) II. 409 Childing Sweet Williams. Childing Pinks. Proliferous Pink. 1831 W. J. Hooker Brit. Flora (ed. 2) 200 D[ianthus] prolifer, Linn. (proliferous Pink)... Readily distinguished by its small, deep-coloured flowers, of which only one in a head expands at a time, and by the large, dry, brown and membranaceous scales which envelop the calyces of several flowers. 1964 Appleton (Wisconsin) Post-Crescent 10 Aug. a3/3 The proliferous pink closes between 1 and 2 p.m. < as lemmas |
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