单词 | honey lotus |
释义 | > as lemmashoney lotus honey lotus n. any of several plants typically having sweet smelling flowers or sweet fruits; esp. the white melilot or sweet clover, Melilotus albus, and the honey locust Gleditsia triacanthos. ΚΠ 1778 J. Abercrombie Universal Gardener & Botanist Index sig. 7A2 Lotus, honey... Trifolium. 1824 W. Stevenson Gen. Hist. & Coll. Voy. & Trav. XVIII. iii. The honey-lotus, the lotus, or nymphæa of Egypt. 1839 Penny Cycl. XV. 80/2 The Melilotus or Honey-lotus of botanists, so called from its smell, is a tall yellow-flowered annual. 1908 A. I. Root & E. R. Root ABC & XYZ of Bee Culture (rev. ed.) 274 Melilot (Melilotus alba), or honey lotus. 1994 Daily Herald (Chicago) 24 June (Neighbor section) 2/2 Drought-tolerant trees include green ash, honey lotus and oaks. < as lemmas |
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