单词 | fire pink |
释义 | > as lemmasfire pink fire pink n. a North American pink, Silene virginica (family Caryophyllaceae), with bright red flowers. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > campions and catchflies rose campion1530 jagged pink1574 cuckoo-gilliflower1578 flower Constantinople1578 marsh gilliflower1578 wild William1578 crow-flower1597 gardener's delight1597 nonsuch1597 cuckoo-flower1629 fair maid of France1629 meadow pink1660 Bristol Non-such1668 flower of Bristol1672 knight-cross1725 ragged robin1731 fair maid of Kent1813 flower of Jove1840 mullein pink1840 fire pink1848 sticky catchfly1908 1848 A. Gray Man. Bot. Northern U.S. 58 Fire Pink. Catchfly..Open woods, from W. New York (Sartwell) westward and southward. 1882 Garden 6 May 307/2 The Fire Pink (Silene virginica).—The flowers of this Catchfly are unsurpassed as regards brilliancy by those of any other plant. 2007 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 5 Oct. f5 The air on this summer day thrummed with the hum of fat bumblebees, their legs heavy with pollen from orange mountain azalea, spiderwort, fire pink and white mountain laurel. < as lemmas |
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