| 单词 | mondo grass |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmondo grass In full mondo grass. Any of various plants constituting the Japanese and East Asian genus Ophiopogon, of the family Convallariaceae ( Liliaceae), characterized by grasslike leaves, small, bell-shaped flowers, and dark berries; esp. Ophiopogon japonicus, native to Japan and Korea and increasingly grown as a carpeting plant. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Liliaceae family or plants > [noun] > other plants one-blade1578 one-leaf1578 spiderwort1597 star of Bethlehem1629 ague-grass1687 unifoil1688 redroot1709 bellwort1785 eucomisc1804 uvularia1836 paintroot1853 twisted stalk1856 Barbados onion1866 fly-poison1866 shepherd's joy1884 onion weed1909 mondo1956 1921 Amer. Midland Naturalist 8 41 Ophiopogon was established in 1807, as Mondo antedates Ophiopogon by 44 years.] 1956 Dict. Gardening (Royal Hort. Soc.) (ed. 2) III. 1431/1 Ophiopogon... Sometimes listed under Mondo. 1976 Hortus Third (L. H. Bailey Hortorium) 789/1 Ophiopogon... Mondo grass. 1987 Woman's Day (Austral.) 9 Mar. Evergreen clump plantings of mondo grass, liriope, clivea, agapanthus and dietes mingle well with rocks, pebbles and spring-flowering bulbs. 1991 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 5 Mar. 17/3 Masses of mondo grass..line the path around the back of the house leading to the rotunda. 2005 Daily Yomiuri 14 Dec. 17/3 Let's look at some more examples of [Nancy] Smith's fertile imagination:..planting mondo grass—a squirrel's treasure trove unearthed. < as lemmas |
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