| 单词 | everlasting pea |
| 释义 | > as lemmaseverlasting pea everlasting pea n. (also everlasting pease) any of various perennial pea plants; spec. Lathyrus latifolius, which has pink or white flowers and is frequently cultivated as a garden plant.Also called pease-everlasting.narrow-leaved everlasting pea: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > pea flowers everlasting pea1599 sweet-scented pea1728 sweet pea1732 painted lady pea1760 pea-flower1824 pride of California1895 1599 H. Buttes Dyets Dry Dinner sig. E8 Pease are either wilde or tame...one kind of them is called euerlasting pease, because their roote neuer dieth: but being once sowne or planted, so continueth for euer, yeelding fruite in due season. 1689 N. Tate et al. tr. A. Cowley Of Plants iv, in 3rd Pt. Wks. 91 Witness the everlasting Pease and Scarlet Bean. 1726 B. Townsend Compl. Seedsman 54 The Everlasting Pea makes a goodly Show in a Garden, during the greatest Part of the Summer. 1844 G. Emerson Johnson's Farmer's Encycl. (new ed.) 1081/2 There are seven indigenous species of vetchling, or everlasting pea. 1959 F. F. Rockwell et al. 10,000 Garden Questions Answered (new ed.) I. iii. 583 What is the best way to plant and care for everlasting peas? If by ‘everlasting’ peas you mean the perennial kind, they rarely need special soil preparation or care. 2015 Guardian (Nexis) 4 July I like the white forms of the everlasting pea (Lathyrus latifolius): this will grow through shrubs or tumble down a windswept bank. < as lemmas |
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