单词 | water blinks |
释义 | > as lemmaswater blinks water blinks n. a widely distributed herbaceous plant of freshwater pools and wet meadows, Montia fontana (family Portulacaceae), having weak, often reddish stems, pairs of opposite leaves, and small white flowers (cf. blinks n. 2). ΚΠ 1794 J. Sibthorp Flora Oxoniensis 53 Water Blinks. Wet Places—Banks of Springs. 1824 J. E. Smith Eng. Flora I. 187 M[ontia] fontana. Water Blinks. 1964 E. Salisbury Weeds & Aliens (ed. 2) iii. 65 Two American aliens..are allied to the British Water Blinks and are members of the genus Montia. 2013 Freshwater Biol. 58 175/2 Each aquarium contained..pre-washed strands of the macrophyte ‘Water Blinks’ Montia fontana, which was common in several collection sites. < as lemmas |
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