单词 | nursery ground |
释义 | > as lemmasnursery ground nursery ground n. (a) an area of land used for raising young plants; (b) = nursery area n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > garden > division or part of garden > [noun] > bed or plot > nursery plot nursery1556 pepinnier1601 plant-plot1610 pepinnery1611 nursery bed1669 nursery garden1693 nursery ground1789 1789 H. L. Piozzi Observ. Journey France I. 335 They were watering.., just as we do in a nursery-ground about London. 1869 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1868 252 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc.) XV Suitable for vegetable and flower gardens, and nursery grounds. 1929 A. T. Quiller-Couch tr. Hesiod Wks. & Days 182 He..smashes them [sc. trees] in mountain glens flat on their nursery ground. 1991 New Scientist 15 June 35/2 The plight of Florida's lemon shark..largely reflects the loss of a key habitat, the local mangroves which serve as nursery grounds for lemon shark pups. < as lemmas |
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