| 单词 | pinkster-flower |
| 释义 | > as lemmasPinkster-flower 2. In singular and (rare) plural. More fully Pinkster-bloom, Pinkster-flower. A pink azalea, esp. Rhododendron periclymenoides, which flowers about Whitsuntide. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > azaleas or rhododendrons mountain rose1640 rhododendron1657 Alpine rose1728 winterbloom1752 azalea1753 mountain rosebay1759 rosebay1760 rhodora1770 mountain laurel1785 swamp azalea1796 big laurel1810 rose tree1818 white honeysuckle1818 meadow pink1827 Pinkster1833 mayflower1838 alpenrose1839 swamp pink1840 rhodie1851 swamp honeysuckle1856 ponticum1875 tree azalea1884 rhodo1886 Kurume azalea1920 1743 J. F. Gronovius Flora Virginica II. 21 Azalea... Pinkterbloem.] 1833 N.-Y. Mirror 2 Feb. 242 He..plucked for her the most beautiful pinkster blossoms. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. Pinxter-flower, an American name for Azalea nudiflora. 1924 Amer. Botanist 30 59 Azalea nudiflora... From the fact that it blooms at Whitsuntide it is known as ‘pinkster’ and ‘pinkster-flower’... A. calendulacea..has larger showy red or yellow flowers and is known as..‘flaming pinkster’. 1948 R. Peattie Berkshires 46 Sometimes called June pinks or Pinxters, this shrub is quite common throughout the region. 1965 Native Plants Pennsylvania (Conservation Council Pennsylvania) (ed. 2) 11 Rhododendron roseum... Downy Pinxterbloom. 1993 T. Colley Hist. & Folklore N. Amer. Wildflowers 95/1 Pink Azalea, Pinxter-Flower... Rhododendron periclymenoides. < as lemmas |
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