| 单词 | darwin tulip |
| 释义 | > as lemmasDarwin tulip 2. Horticulture. Any tulip belonging to a group of varieties with tall stems and large, typically self-coloured flowers with a flat, rectangular base. Chiefly attributive in Darwin tulip. [Named in honour of Darwin: see quot. 1889.] ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > lily and allied flowers > tulip lily narcissus1578 tulip1578 Turk's cap1597 breeder1660 fool's coat1669 morilliona1678 edger1688 eger1706 chequered tulip1759 parrot tulip?1786 verport1798 Rembrandt1829 bybloemen1843 wild tulip1861 Darwin tulip1889 1889 F. Darwin Let. 13 Apr. in E. H. Krelage Drie Eeuwen Bloembollenexport (1946) II. 553 Allow me to thank you for your courteous note in which you tell me of your wish to name after my father a new strain of tulips... I hope I shall see the ‘Darwin Tulips’ at Paris. 1891 Gardeners' Chron. 4 July 10/3 The Darwin Tulips are of Flemish origin. a1916 H. H. Munro Toys of Peace (1919) 237 The Darwin tulips haven't survived the fact that most of the cats of the neighbourhood held a parliament in the middle of the tulip bed. 1969 R. Hay & P. M. Synge Dict. Garden Plants 368/2 The old tulips of the Dutch flower painters..are usually not so vigorous as the Darwins or Darwin hybrids. 2007 M. Quinn High Altitude Western Gardening 41 Spring just wouldn't be as cheerful without the vibrant and much, much larger Darwins. < as lemmas |
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