| 单词 | silversword |
| 释义 | > as lemmassilversword silversword n. a perennial herb, Argyroxiphium sandwicense, of the family Compositæ, native to Hawaii and bearing linear leaves with silvery hairs and clusters of purplish flowers. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Compositae (composite plants) > [noun] > other composite plants wild sagea1400 yellow devil's-bita1400 white golda1425 cotula1578 golden cudweed1597 golden tuft1597 rattlesnake root1682 Cape tansy?1711 hawkbit1713 ambrosia1731 cabbage tree1735 hog's eye1749 Osteospermum1754 ox-tongue1760 scentless mayweed1800 old man's beard1804 ox-eye1818 echinacea1825 sheep's beard1836 shepherd's beard1840 cat's-ear1848 goatweed1869 silversword1888 khaki bush1907 venidium1937 khaki bos1947 Namaqualand daisy1963 the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Compositae (composite plants) > [adjective] > of other composite plants silversword1937 1888 W. Hillebrand Flora Hawaiian Islands 219 The ‘Ahinahina’ of the natives and ‘Silversword’ of the foreigners. 1898 J. A. Owen Hawaii ii. 40 The peculiar Silver-sword growing in the snowy region. 1917 Nature 100 57/2 Among the peculiar plants of the island is the silversword. 1937 Discovery Mar. 83 Not the least puzzling of the specialised animal and plant species of the Hawaiian Islands is the six-foot Silver~sword flower. 1965 P. Wylie They both were Naked ii. vi. 302 A silver-sword plant..grows only on a few high places on two islands [of Hawaii]. < as lemmas |
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