| 单词 | wintersweet |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswintersweet wintersweet n. (a) = winter marjoram n. (now rare); (b) a flowering shrub, Chimonanthus praecox (family Calycanthaceae), native to China and widely cultivated as a garden plant for its fragrant, pale yellow flowers which bloom in the winter before the leaves appear; also called Japan allspice. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > non-British shrubs > [noun] > Asian Japan allspice1789 ramie1817 kaffir lime1824 luculia1826 rice-paper plant1832 pith plant1834 chimonanthus1836 jiti1836 rhea1837 leycesteria1838 wintersweet1846 crape-myrtle1850 skimmia1853 China-grass1858 taccada1866 saxaul1874 white kerria1900 sarcococca1914 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > culinary herbs > sweet or pot marjoram marjorama1393 origanuma1398 organuma1450 marjoram gentle1538 orgament1552 english marjoram1578 pot marjoram1578 fine marjoram1597 winter marjoram1597 orgamy1609 winter sweet marjoram1640 origany1728 wintersweet1846 1846 G. W. Johnson Dict. Mod. Gardening 701/1 Winter sweet. Origanum heracleoticum. 1880 Garden 7 Feb. 121/1 Chimonanthus fragrans (Winter Sweet). 1934 Ld. Berners First Childhood ii. 20 Just outside the windows there grew a shrub of the early-blossoming chimonanthus. (Winter-sweet it was called in the days before gardeners grew so refined.) 1980 Gardener's Dozen 12 My winter-sweet..sometimes gets knocked about by the frost and snow. 2005 J. Seidemann World Spice Plants 265/1 Origanum vulgare... Common Names. Oregano, wild marjoram, pot marjoram, winter marjoram, winter sweet, pizza herb. < as lemmas |
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