| 单词 | mojave poppy bee |
| 释义 | > as lemmasMojave poppy bee poppy bee n. (a) a European solitary bee, Osmia papaveris (family Megachilidae), which makes a nest in the ground lined with pieces cut from poppy petals (now rare); (b) (in full Mojave poppy bee) a rare bee of the south-western United States, Perdita meconis (family Andrenidae), which pollinates certain flowers of the poppy family. ΚΠ 1803 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. III. 351 The Poppy Bee forms her nest in the ground..[which] she carefully lines with a splendid tapestry, selected from the scarlet flowers of the wild poppy. 1830 J. Rennie Insect Archit. 54 One species of our little upholsterers has been called the poppy-bee (Osmia papaveris, Latr.), from its selecting the scarlet petals of the poppy as tapestry for its cells. 1997 Las Vegas (Nevada) Rev.-Jrnl. 4 Nov. b3/3 Mojave poppy bee (Perdita meconis). < as lemmas |
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