| 单词 | sweet alyssum |
| 释义 | > as lemmassweet alyssum sweet alyssum n. the white-flowered annual plant Lobularia maritima (family Brassicaceae( Cruciferae)), a common bedding plant in gardens. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > cruciferous flowers > white flowers sweet alyssum1790 milkmaid1876 snow-on-the-mountain1882 sweet Alice1886 1790 Bot. Mag. 3 §́̇101 (heading) Sweet Alyssum. 1822 S. Clarke Hortus Anglicus II. 150 A. maritimum, Sweet Alyssum. 1866 J. Syme in J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. 536 The Sweet Alyssum of gardens is found in some places of Britain, but only imperfectly naturalized where escaped from gardens. 1873 H. W. Longfellow Rhyme Sir Christopher 40 A modest flower~bed thickly sown With sweet alyssum and columbine. 1934 F. S. Fitsgerald & Z. Fitzgerald Show Mr. & Mrs. F. to Number— in Jazz Age (1996) 51 We rode bicycles along the windswept causeways and stared in a dreamy daze at such phenomena as roosters scratching amidst the sweet alyssum. 2006 M. Pollan Omnivore's Dilemma ix. 165 Sweet alyssum..attracts the lacewings and syrphid flies that eat the aphids that can molest lettuces. < as lemmas |
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