| 单词 | butterfly garden |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbutterfly garden butterfly garden n. a garden that provides an environment that attracts butterflies, as well as certain moths; (also) a large glass enclosure, area of a park, etc., providing a protective environment for butterflies and plants as a public attraction or for study or research (cf. butterfly house n.). ΚΠ 1898 Speaker 12 Mar. 328/2 Over one end of the wall a plant of everlasting-pea has thrown its cascade of gorgeous rose-pink blossom. Saffron butterflies pirouette above it... It is a butterfly garden. 1904 Leisure Hour Dec. 158/1 We spend infinite pains and toil planting and tending a flower garden; why not have a butterfly garden too? Think of it..: a mass of green food plants giving birth daily to a host of gaily-coloured, velvet-winged insects. 1984 R. M. Pyle Audubon Soc. Handbk. for Butterfly Watchers xii. 143 Add a patch of annuals—sweet William, zinnias, and marigolds for starters..and you have a basic butterfly garden. 2017 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 24 Jan. Its [sc. Singapore's airport] offerings include..a swimming pool, a six-metre waterfall and a butterfly garden housing 1,000 species. < as lemmas |
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