单词 | vegetable firecracker |
释义 | > as lemmasvegetable firecracker vegetable firecracker n. now rare the firecracker flower, Dichelostemma ida-maia. ΚΠ 1870 Living Way Mar. 88 The Vegetable Fire-crackers—so named from the resemblance a pendent cluster of these blossoms bears to a bunch of Chinese crackers—belongs to the Lily Family. 1889 Garden 8 June 524/2 Brodiæa coccinea..known under the name of Vegetable Fire Cracker of California or Crimson Satin flower is certainly one of the prettiest Californian bulbs. 1922 M. Hampden Bulb Gardening 208 Brody's Lily, the Brodiæa, is much better known, and has a number of popular names, such as Vegetable Fire-Cracker. < as lemmas |
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