| 单词 | spider plant |
| 释义 | > as lemmasspider plant spider plant n. (a) (see quots. 1852, 1882); (b) a perennial herb, Chlorophytum comosum, of the family Liliaceæ, native to South Africa, of which forms bearing variegated linear leaves and clusters of white flowers are much cultivated as house plants. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > foliage, house, or garden plants > [noun] > spider plant spider plant1852 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > saxifrage flowers prattling parnel1597 pride of London1629 prince's feather1629 London pride1697 none-so-pretty1731 sanicle1760 heuchera1772 nancy-pretty1825 Bergenia1838 St. Patrick's cabbage1851 spider plant1852 strawberry geranium1880 garden gate1881 megasea1886 maiden's wreath1893 mother of thousands1910 1852 P. C. Sutherland Jrnl. Voy. Baffin's Bay II. xix. 236 The most beautiful plant that one could see in a whole day's walking around Assistance Bay, was the spider plant (Saxifraga flagellaris). 1882 H. Friend Gloss. Devon Plant Names Spider-plant, Saxifraga sarmentosa. 1946 M. Free All about House Plants xv. 126 That plant with striped leaves known to many as spider-plant..increases by means of plantlets produced on the ends of its flower stalks. 1979 S. Rifkin McQuaid in August vii. 48 Three enormous spider plants hung..in front of the window. < as lemmas |
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