单词 | rock flower |
释义 | > as lemmasrock flower rock flower n. a flowering plant that grows on or among rocks. ΚΠ 1799 Naturalist's Pocket Mag. 6 Index p. ii/1 Rock-Flower, of New South Wales. c1820 S. Rogers Italy (1839) 32 Every where gathering rock-flowers. 1882 Cent. Mag. May 153/2 There is apparently no rock-flower in Britain that compares with it. 1904 Garden 12 Mar. 183/1 Those who have thick mossy old walls possess a paradise for many a rock flower. 2007 G. Price Shorter Walks in Dolomites 191 A trickling stream keeps you company, as do some startlingly colourful rock flowers such as yellow Rhaetian poppies. < as lemmas |
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