| 单词 | queen of flowers |
| 释义 | > as lemmasqueen of flowers queen of flowers n. (a) (chiefly poetic) a beautiful flower, esp. a rose; (b) either of two crape myrtles with showy purple or white flowers, Lagerstroemia indica, a large shrub, and L. speciosa, which is a tree (also called queen's-flower tree). ΚΠ 1647 C. Harvey Schola Cordis 122 What say'st thou to that Rose, That queen of flowers, whose Maidenly blushes, fresh, and faire, Out-brave the dainty morning aire? 1796 P. Wakefield Introd. Bot. 100 The rose, so universally admired, as the queen of flowers, belongs to the fifth order. 1845 L. J. Peirson Forest Leaves 236 The Rose is titled queen of flowers, And in her peerless wealth of bloom, She beautifies the summer bowers. 1901 Bull. Amer. Geogr. Soc. 33 212 Lagerstroemia flos reginæ..Queen of Flowers. 1902 Times 15 Feb. 4/2 The rose, which is the national emblem of England and the queen of flowers, may be worn in preference..at the time of his Majesty's Coronation. 1925 Sci. Surv. Porto Rico & Virgin Islands (N.Y. Acad. Sci.) VI. 21 Lagerstrœmia speciosa (L.) Pers., Queen of Flowers, East Indies, occasionally planted for ornament in Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands, is a tree. 1993 S. Carrington Wild Plants of Barbados 72 Lythraceae... A mainly tropical family including garden favourites such as the Queen-of-Flowers (Lagerstroemia indica) and various Cuphea spp. < as lemmas |
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