| 单词 | seeding top |
| 释义 | > as lemmasseeding top seeding top n. now rare (frequently in plural) a seed vessel found at the top of a plant stem; a seed head. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > seed > seed-vessel or pericarp > [noun] > borne upon a stalk seeding top1676 1676 J. Beal in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 11 586 The Lilly of the Valley (which propagates it self by the weight of its seeding tops, descending into the earth) is much esteem'd on the Elbe. 1771 tr. J. Cruso Treasure Easy Med. 3 Mercury. The Leaves and Seeding Tops, boiled in broth, are useful. 1897 Hamilton (Victoria) Spectator 31 Aug. A grower showed me what I took to be the seeding top of a Scotch thistle. 1958 S. Ashton-Warner Spinster (1959) 97 It's time to break off the seeding tops of the delphiniums, to prepare for a second blooming. 1997 C. Conrad Hemp for Health vi. 71 Peasant farmers in Poland, Russia, and Lithuania commonly inhaled the vapors of smoldering seeding tops of hemp plants. < as lemmas |
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