| 单词 | vegetable kingdom |
| 释义 | > as lemmasvegetable kingdom vegetable kingdom n. (a) = plant kingdom n. at plant n.1 Compounds 5; (b) vegetables collectively (cf. vegetable n. 3). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > [noun] > vegetable kingdom vegetable kingdom1650 vegetal1658 vegetable creation1823 plant life1855 1650 J. F. tr. M. Sedziwój New Light of Alchymie 114 By the due separation, and conjunction of these, Nature produceth..in the Vegetable Kingdome [L. in regno..vegetabili] Trees, Herbs, and all such things. 1784 tr. L. Spallanzani Diss. Nat. Hist. II. iii. v. 336 Can the whole vegetable kingdom be comprehended under one law? 1843 Penny Cycl. XXVI. 180/2 The distinction given between the animal and vegetable kingdoms is the possession of sensation by the former. 1915 Times 15 Dec. 13/5 In the ‘vegetable kingdom’ as elsewhere we have to face a very feminine future if our needs are to be met. I say ‘vegetable’ advisedly, for the flower garden is of no importance. 1952 J. A. Steers et al. Lake's Physical Geogr. (ed. 3) ii. v. 216 Diatoms belong to the vegetable kingdom and are in general of microscopic size. 2004 Daily News (Galveston, Texas) 24 Mar. c3/1 From a nutritional standpoint, lentils..have the highest protein content in all the vegetable kingdom after soybeans. < as lemmas |
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