单词 | red jasmine |
释义 | > as lemmasred jasmine red jasmine n. (also red jessamine) the frangipani or pagoda tree, Plumeria rubra, of the West Indies and Central America, having scented deep pink flowers. ΚΠ 1704 Nat. Hist. ix, in L. Wafer New Voy. & Descr. Isthmus Amer. (ed. 2) 252 Red Jessamine..at the top grows many red Flowers somewhat cut like the Honey-suckle. 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xvi. 222 Plumeria or Red Jasmine has two reflexed follicles, with the seeds flat, winged and imbricate. 1871 J. Smith Domest. Bot. 292 P. rubra, in the West Indies being called Red Jasmine, as also ‘Frangipane’. 2000 D. Adebayo My Once upon Time (2001) xiii. 317 There were plateaus and gulleys and fallen frangipani,..red jasmine and jade and springtime shades. < as lemmas |
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