单词 | parrot's feather |
释义 | > as lemmasparrot's feather parrot's feather n. (also parrot feather, parrotfeather) a water milfoil, Myriophyllum aquaticum, with whorls of green feather-like foliage, native to South America and now grown and naturalized widely elsewhere. ΚΠ 1892 Garden & Forest 5 44/2 Azolla Caroliniana (Floating Moss) is an interesting plant, and so is the Water Hyacinth and the Parrot's Feather (Myriophyllum). 1936 W. B. McDougall & H. A. Baggley Plants of Yellowstone National Park 94 Myriophyllum... The genus is often known as parrotfeather. 1954 R. E. Coker Streams, Lakes, & Ponds xiv. 270 A plant often favored for aquaria is the parrot's feather, one of the water milfoils (Myriophyllum). 2001 Org. Gardening July 25/1 Parrot feather (Myriophyllum aquaticum) is best suited to Zone 8 and colder water gardens. < as lemmas |
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