单词 | glory-of-the-snow |
释义 | glory-of-the-snow in British Englishnoun a small W Asian liliaceous plant, Chionodoxa luciliae, cultivated for its early-blooming blue flowers glory-of-the-snow in American English (ˈɡlɔriəvðəˈsnou, -ˌsnou, ˈɡlour-) nounWord forms: plural -snows any of several plants belonging to the genus Chionodoxa, of the lily family, native to the Old World, having showy, blue, white, or pink flowers that bloom early in the spring Word origin [1895–1900]This word is first recorded in the period 1895–1900. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: apothecaries' measure, cutback, frame of reference, freewheel, hit-and-run |
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