单词 | everbrown |
释义 | > as lemmaseverbrown everbrown n. [humorously after evergreen n.] now rare a plant that is always brown. ΚΠ 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby ii. 7 The scanty box, and stunted everbrowns, and broken flower-pots..are scattered mournfully about. 1869 Judy 13 Jan. 125/1 The ivy had withered and the evergreens turned to everbrowns. 2006 J. Couper Long & Winding Road 183 The pine beetle and the spruce budworm are killing the evergreens that shoulder the road and turning them into everbrowns. < as lemmas |
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