| 单词 | violet clover |
| 释义 | > as lemmasviolet clover a. In names of varieties of fruits or plants, as violet clover, violet maize, violet plum, etc. Also elliptical. ΚΠ 1706 G. London & H. Wise Retir'd Gard'ner I. ii. 147 The Fourth [kind is] the Violet Fig. 1706 G. London & H. Wise Retir'd Gard'ner I. ii. 147 The Violet ripens perfectly well. a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1757) 379 A violet-plum, a standard,..which is a plum that does not cleave from the stone. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Plum The Violet Damson or Maugeron Plum. 1772 J. Adams tr. A. de Ulloa Voy. S. Amer. (ed. 3) II. 140 They first pulverize the cochineal by grinding, and after mixing four ounces of it, with twelve of violet maize, they form it into square cakes. 1786 J. Abercrombie Arrangem. Plants 13 in Gardeners Daily Assistant Cherry plum, Violet plum, Apricot plum. 1860 R. Hogg Fruit Man. 72 [Figs]. Skin dark. Flesh red... Early Violet. 1860 R. Hogg Fruit Man. 251 Purple Gage (..Violet Gage). 1867 Chambers's Encycl. IX. 803/2 The Violet Moss (Byssus Iolithus)..was formerly in use as a popular remedy for feverish cutaneous eruptions. 1890 Times 22 Sept. 4/2 The cut of violet clovers in France is not likely to be large. < as lemmas |
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