| 释义 |
rockfoil|ˈrɒkfɔɪl|
[f. rock n.1 + foil n.1]
= saxifrage.
1879Ruskin Proserpina I. viii. 160 Their names..can be pleasantly said..in this order..Roof-foil, Rock-foil, Primrose. 1887G. Nicholson Illustr. Dict. Gardening III. 311/1 Rockfoil. A name, suggested by Ruskin, for the genus Saxifraga. 1914Irving & Malby Saxifrages i. 1 There is no other genus of rock plants that is so extensive as that of the Rockfoils. 1963R. D. Meikle Garden Flowers 159 (heading) Saxifrage, Rockfoil. |