| 单词 | mountain currant |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmountain currant mountain currant n. any of several currants ( Ribes species) growing in upland areas; esp. (a) North American (now rare), the fetid or skunk currant, R. glandulosum (formerly R. prostratum); (b) the plant R. alpinum, widespread in Europe. ΚΠ 1814 J. Bigelow Florula Bostoniensis 90 Ribes rigens..Mountain Currant... The berries, when bruised, have the odor of Ictodes foetidus [sc. skunk cabbage]. 1861 A. Wood Class-bk. Bot. (rev. ed.) 361 Mountain Currant... Fl[owers] marked with purple. Berries rather large. 1933 J. K. Small Man. Southeastern Flora 602 R. glandulosum..Mountain-currant... Deep woods, Blue Ridge and more N provinces. 1995 C. Grey-Wilson & M. Blamey Alpine Flowers Brit. & Europe (ed. 2) 100 Mountain Currant Ribes alpinum. Bush to 2m... Open woods and rocky places, usually on limestone, to 1900m. < as lemmas |
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