| 单词 | second crown bud |
| 释义 | > as lemmassecond crown bud crown bud n. Horticulture (a) a bud on the crown of a root or tuber (see sense 21a); (b) a main, upper, or apical bud on a stem or branch; esp. the first flower bud to form on a chrysanthemum plant (more fully first crown bud) or, if the first is removed, the second such bud (more fully second crown bud). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > composite flowers > chrysanthemums > flower bud crown bud1730 1730 in Pract. Husbandman & Planter (1733) I. 117 The Tops, or Crown Buds; from whence the Liquorice-Root is cut off. 1857 S. Broome Culture Chrysanthemum 13 In thinning out, if great care be no taken, the crown buds are apt to snap off. 1900 A. Wynne in W. D. Drury Bk. Gardening v. 140 These growths form buds (termed crown buds)... If these buds form in July..they are taken out, and another shoot is made, which produces a ‘terminal’, or second crown, bud. 1962 Amateur Gardening 7 Apr. 15/2 Each shoot produces what are known as ‘first crown buds’. 2008 Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Nexis) 6 Dec. 16 The top growth needs wrapping up for the winter..to prevent the worst of the winter cold from attacking the central crown buds. < as lemmas |
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