单词 | pixie cup |
释义 | > as lemmaspixie cup pixie cup n. (a) U.S. a white-flowered bulbous plant, Nothoscordum bivalve (family Amaryllidaceae), of the south-eastern United States (rare); (b) any of several lichens of the genus Cladonia, having cup or goblet-shaped fruiting bodies, esp. the widespread C. pyxidata; also in plural. ΚΠ 1913 Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci. 1912 25 63 Mild-onion. Pixie-cup. 1942 Life 5 Jan. 38/2 (caption) British soldier and pixy cups are two tiny lichen. 1987 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 7 Aug. Pixie-cup lichens..take a century or more to rise an inch above their rock base. 1996 M. Stensaas Canoe Country Flora 172 Various-sized Pixie Cups grow together in groups on dead wood and soil-covered rocks. < as lemmas |
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