单词 | spring crocus |
释义 | > as lemmasspring crocus spring crocus n. a crocus that blooms in the spring (cf. autumn crocus n. at autumn n. Compounds 5). [After post-classical Latin crocus vernus (late 16th cent.).] ΚΠ 1629 J. Parkinson Paradisi in Sole 169 (caption) Crocus vernus luteus vulgaris. The common yellow spring Crocus. 1850 G. Glenny Hand-bk. Flower Garden 236 The spring crocuses come into bloom some time in February, and continue more or less in bloom until the beginning of April. 2009 Observer (Nexis) 8 Mar. (Escape section) 3 My lasting childhood memory of Harrogate was the endless carpets of spring crocuses. < as lemmas |
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