| 单词 | purple honeysuckle |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspurple honeysuckle purple honeysuckle n. †(a) red clover, Trifolium pratense; or the inflorescence of this plant (obsolete rare); (b) any of several shrubs or trees having purplish flowers resembling those of common honeysuckle, Lonicera perclymenum; (c) any of several purple-flowered honeysuckles (genus Lonicera). ΚΠ 1657 J. Beale Herefordshire Orchards 53 Ashes we find excellent to beget the white and purple Honeysuckle. 1767 Compl. Grazier xviii. 103 Great Clover... That is best which is brought from Flanders, and bears the great red or purple honeysuckle. 1851 Chambers's Papers for People XIX. 14 Some of the timber-trees bear fruit; others rich clusters of flowers, like the purple honeysuckle. 1906 Cent. Dict. The purple honeysuckle or azalea is Rhododendron nudiflorum. 1997 H. L. Flint Landscape Plants E. N. Amer (ed. 2) 343/2 ‘Purpurea’ (Hall's purple honeysuckle, Kansas purple honeysuckle) has purple tinted foliage and flowers that are dark red-purple on the outside. 2000 M. J. Eberhart Ten Million Steps 185 In some small coves here, and blooming very early, are the flame azaleas and the pinxter flower (purple honeysuckle). < as lemmas |
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