单词 | mountain avens |
释义 | > as lemmasmountain avens mountain avens n. any of the procumbent arctic-alpine plants constituting the genus Dryas (family Rosaceae); esp. D. octopetala, with white flowers and glossy leaves. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > rosaceous plants > [noun] > avens or herb bennet avensc1250 herb benneta1475 geum1548 mountain avens1648 throat root1785 dryas1798 clove-root1866 1648 J. Bobart Eng. Catal. at Avens, in Catalogus Plantarum Horti Medici Oxoniensis Mountaine Avens, Cariophylata montana. 1777 J. Lightfoot Flora Scotica I. 275 [Dryas octopetala] The Dryas, or Mountain Avens. Anglis. 1863 S. Baring-Gould Iceland 190 The pale mountain avens with its sunny heart. 1993 Kanawa Mag. (London, Ont.) Summer 5/1 The white of mountain avens blended strikingly with the purple of lapland rosebay and the yellow cinquefoil. < as lemmas |
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