单词 | running postman |
释义 | > as lemmasrunning postman running postman n. an Australian perennial plant, Kennedia prostrata (family Fabaceae ( Leguminosae)), with a prostrate, creeping growth habit and bright red flowers; also called coral pea. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > climbing or creeping plants > non-British climbing or creeping plants > [noun] > Australasian kareao1845 Kennedya1845 piripiri1853 balloon vine1889 wonga(-wonga) vine1895 Australian bluebell creeper1896 coral-pea1896 running postman1898 1898 E. E. Morris Austral Eng. 247/1 K[ennedya] prostrata is called the Coral Pea..or Running Postman. 1917 H. H. Richardson Fortunes Richard Mahony I. i. ix. 87 The short-lived grass was picked out into patterns by the scarlet of the Running Postman. 1998 R. Olver & S. Olver Dawn till Dusk 171 (caption) Tiny running postman (Kennedia prostrata) spotted in the eastern Stirlings, dwarfed by twigs and leaves. < as lemmas |
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