单词 | large-petalled |
释义 | > as lemmaslarge-petalled 1. Having petals of a specified kind or number. Usually in parasynthetic compounds, as crimson-petalled, large-petalled, six-petalled, etc. ΚΠ 1712 Philos. Trans. 1710–12 (Royal Soc.) 27 216 From the Bosom of its Leaves..come small, five petal'd yellowish Flowers like other Lyciums. 1764 J. Hill Veg. Syst. VII. 36 One petaled plants. 1783 in tr. Syst. Veg. p. xxxiv Claw,..the inferior part of a many-petal'd corol fix'd to the receptacle. 1868 ‘G. Eliot’ Spanish Gypsy i. 51 The ripe-cheeked fruits, the crimson-petalled flowers. 1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 44 Viola... Flowers often dimorphic, the large-petalled flowering early..; the small-petalled or apetalous flower late. 1902 Chambers's Jrnl. Aug. 507/2 Amid a blaze of azaleas and gorgeous velvet-petalled pelargoniums. 1952 G. F. Hervey & J. Hems Freshwater Trop. Aquarium Fishes iii. 30 All the sagittarias produce three-petalled, white flowers. 1995 Garden (Royal Hort. Soc.) Nov. 702 The Lower Border holds a selection of modern, multi-petalled lilacs introduced by the late Father John Fiala. < as lemmas |
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