单词 | green-thumbed |
释义 | > as lemmasgreen-thumbed green-thumbed adj. North American = green-fingered adj. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > [adjective] > successful in gardening green-fingered1918 green-thumbed1937 1937 Washington Post 6 June f4/2 He is, I think, the ‘green-thumbed’ type of gardener, who has lived and loved his flowers and has learned from them and from the soil. 1986 Cincinnati Mag. Aug. 93/3 Many home gardeners have the green-thumbed ability to coax water lilies out of stone, so to speak. 2007 B. Braddock Down in Orburndale ii. 13 The front yard..was lush with shrubbery and ablaze with azaleas and poinsettias, a tribute to my green-thumbed parents. < as lemmas |
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