单词 | rush-looking |
释义 | > as lemmasrush-looking c. Similative, as rush-leaved, rush-stemmed; rush-looking, etc. Also rush-like adj. ΚΠ 1633 T. Johnson Gerard's Herball (new ed.) i. lxxxiv.136 The least Rush-leaued mountaine Narcisse. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Narcissus The..rush-leaved narcissus. 1855 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. V. 269 Chive Garlic, or Rush-leaved Onion. 1871 M. C. Cooke Handbk. Fungi 102 Rush-stemmed Nolanea. 1889 W. Westgarth Austral. Progress 273 It has no grass, but in its stead some green rush-looking tufts, pleasant to our eyes. 1957 E. Lawrence Little Bulbs (1990) iv. 65 The rush-leaved daffodils, called jonquils from the Latin word juncus meaning rush, contribute most to the rock garden. 2008 Philadelphia Inquirer (Nexis) 16 Sept. He had lemons and oranges.., coffee, tea and pepper trees, rush-leaved broom and bramble rose, Madagascar periwinkle, and Bengal fig. < as lemmas |
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