| 单词 | cabbage flower |
| 释义 | > as lemmascabbage flower cabbage flower n. †(a) [after French chou-fleur (see cauliflower n.)] a cauliflower (obsolete); (b) the flower of a cabbage plant. ΚΠ 1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Compl. Gard'ner ii. vi. vi. 189 Lastly, there are some called Choux Fleurs, i. e. Cabbage Flowers, and by the English Collyflowers, which are the most noble and valuable of them all. 1738 E. Chambers Cycl. (ed. 2) at Digestion It seems impossible to explain why certain things easy to grind, e.g. cabbage flowers, cannot be digested in certain stomachs. 1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species iv. 99 Yet the pistil of each cabbage-flower is surrounded not only by its own six stamens, but by those of the many other flowers on the same plant. 1916 R. Calder-Marshall & P. L. Bryant Anglo-Chinese Cook Bk. I. ii. v. 91 The cauliflower..is a cluster (corymb) of forced cabbage flowers. 2009 Abbotsford (Brit. Columbia) Times (Nexis) 29 Dec. 19 Beneficial insects flock in great clouds to the nectar in cabbage flowers. < as lemmas |
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