| 单词 | roast-beef plant |
| 释义 | > as lemmasroast-beef plant roast-beef plant n. the stinking iris, Iris foetidissima, of western Europe, the leaves of which, when crushed, emit an odour likened to that of roast-beef. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > iris and related flowers > irises gladdona700 gladiolusc1000 flaga1387 fleur-de-lisc1390 regworta1400 yellow flag1526 lug1538 yellow lily1555 spurge-wort1562 swordling1562 garden flag1578 ireos1578 iris1578 stinking iris1578 water flag1578 yellow iris1578 fane1597 Florentine flower-de-luce1597 stinking gladdon1597 stinking sedge1597 velvet flower-de-luce1597 orris1609 sisyrinchium1629 luce1642 Florence iris1664 cuttle-haft1688 blue flag1732 snake's-head iris1739 flag-flower1753 roast-beef plant1800 shalder1825 flag-leaf1827 sweet sedge1839 poison flag1840 flagger1842 wedding-flower1869 mourning iris1874 flagon1878 Rocky Mountain iris1880 Florentine iris1882 Japanese iris1883 flag-lily1884 sword-flag1884 blue iris1886 thunderbolt1898 scorpion iris1900 1800 J. E. Smith Flora Britannica I. 42 Iris..fœtidissima... Angl. Stinking Iris, or Gladwyn. Roast-beef plant. 1852 Phytologist 4 530 I must say that the ‘roast-beef-plant’ exhales no unpleasant odour to me. 1965 Times 18 Dec. 8/7 There are clumps of gladdon, or roast-beef plant, too, with the vivid orange berries showing between the splits in the brown pods. 1994 S. Conder Variegated Plants (1995) 93 I. foetidissima ‘Variegata’, the only reliably evergreen variegated iris, is a form of the native English gladwin, stinking gladdon or roast-beef plant. < as lemmas |
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