单词 | mermaid's hair |
释义 | > as lemmasmermaid's hair mermaid's hair n. any of various filamentous seaweeds, esp. Lyngbya majuscula. ΚΠ 1882 W. G. Farlow Marine Algæ New Eng. in Rep. Commissioner 1879 (U.S. Comm. Fish & Fisheries) VII. App. A. 12 A few filamentous species [of Nostochineæ algae] attain a length of some inches but only one, Lyngbya majuscula, is sufficiently striking to have gained a popular name—mermaid's hair. 1901 A. F. Arnold Sea-beach at Ebb-tide (ed. 2) 50 L. majuscula, mermaid's-hair. 1947 I. L. Idriess Isles of Despair xxxv. 233 In a beauty of flowers pulsing with life, ‘mermaids' hair’ floating out seeking to entwine her. < as lemmas |
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