单词 | old maid's pink |
释义 | > as lemmasold maid's pink old maid's pink n. (also old maid pink, old maids' pink) U.S. soapwort, Saponaria officinalis. ΚΠ 1876 C. E. Hobbs Bot. Hand-bk. 84 Old maids' pink, Soapwort, Saponaria officinalis. 1901 A. Lounsberry Southern Wild Flowers & Trees 158 The homely bouncing bet, or old maid's pink,..was once exclusively a garden plant. 1982 Greenfield (Mass.) Recorder 11 Sept. 4/1 ‘Old maid pinks’, which you may know as ‘Bouncing Bet’,..still persists even in poor, dry soil. < as lemmas |
随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。