| 单词 | midday flower |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmidday flower midday flower n. rare a mesembryanthemum (most of which open their flowers only for a short time at midday). ΚΠ 1885 Cassell's Encycl. Dict. V. i. 35/1 Mid-day flower, an Australian popular name for Mesembryanthemum. 1955 C. van Alphen-Schenk tr. A. C. Muller-Idzerda 100 Indoor Plants (1957) 81 Mesembryanthemum. Mid-day Flowers. The so-called shrubby Mesembryanthemums are succulent plants... The name Mid-day Flower probably arose because many of them open their flowers in the middle of the day and then usually only in the sun. 1994 Ann. Rev. Ecol. & Systematics 25 529 Opening of the flowers is usually restricted to a certain period of the day (often around midday, hence the name ‘midday-flowers’ for this family [sc. Mesembryanthemaceae]). < as lemmas |
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