单词 | rank-scented |
释义 | > as lemmasrank-scented rank-scented adj. ΚΠ 1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) x. f. 135 Rank sented Mints too make Of womens limbes [L. femineos artus in olentes vertere mentas.] 1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. i. ii. 28 'Tis rank scented, yet the taste is not altogether unpleasant. 1740 W. Pardon Dyche's New Gen. Eng. Dict. (ed. 3) at Fitch Also the name of the pole-cat, or rank-scented ferret. 1867 Galaxy May 9 Mr. Randolph had called it once a rank-scented weed. 1944 K. Rexroth Coll. Shorter Poems (1966) 140 They lie half buried in the tangle of rank scented midsummer flowers. 2007 Orillia (Ont.) Packet & Times (Nexis) 19 Feb. a4 Characteristics that apply to all members of the Solanaceae family: all are rank-scented herbs with a colourless bitter juice. < as lemmas |
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