释义 |
hose-in-hose, a. and n. [See hose n. 4.] Said of flowers which appear to have one corolla within another, esp. a well-known variety of Primula or Polyanthus.
1688R. Holme Armoury ii. iv. 67/2 Another kind [of Thorn Apple] having the Flower Ingeminated, or Hose in Hose, that is one coming out of another. 1727–41Chambers Cycl., Hose in Hose..signifies one long husk within another; as in the polyanthos. 1879Britten & Holland Plant-n., Hose-in-hose, a peculiar variety of garden Polyanthus, where the calyx becomes petaloid, giving the appearance of one corolla within another. 1882Garden 20 May 343/1 Hose-in-Hose Polyanthuses. |