单词 | early purple orchid |
释义 | > as lemmasearly purple orchid early purple orchid n. a common Eurasian orchid, Orchis mascula, producing bright purple flowers in spring. ΚΠ 1880 Hardwicke's Sci.-gossip 16 45/1 It does not seem to be satisfactorily settled which of two plants Shakspeare alluded to as ‘long-purples’, whether Orchis mascula (the early purple orchid), or Lythrum Salicaria (the purple loose-strife). 1955 G. Grigson Englishman's Flora 425 Dig up an Early Purple Orchid and you find two root-tubers in which food is stored. 2012 Irish Times (Nexis) 7 July (Travel section) 36 Early purple orchids and spring gentians were in bloom, and the strange lunar ridge of the Turloughmore hills..dominated my view. < as lemmas |
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