| 单词 | queen of the prairie |
| 释义 | > as lemmasqueen of the prairie queen of the prairie n. (also †queen of the prairies) [probably after queen of the meadow n.] U.S. a plant of meadows and prairies, Filipendula rubra (family Rosaceae), related to meadowsweet but with deep pink flowers. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > rosaceous plants > [noun] > meadow-sweet or dropwort meadworteOE meadsweeta1400 bridewort?a1450 meadowsweet1530 filipendula1548 goat's beard?1550 dropwort1597 queen of the meadow1597 mock-willow1633 meadow queena1637 queen of the prairie1852 honey-sweet1880 1852 H. R. Noll Bot. Class Bk. & Flora Pennsylvania 100 S[piræa] lobata, Murr. Queen of the Prairie. 1860 Amer. Agriculturist Dec. 365/2 Queen of the Prairies.—Larger than the preceeding, deep pink, very double, with occasionally a white stripe on the petals. 1968 R. T. Peterson & M. McKenny Field Guide Wildflowers Northeastern & North-central N. Amer. 284 Queen-of-the-prairie... Flowers deep pink. 1999 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald Amer. 28 Mar. 19/4 Queen of the prairie, Filipendula rubra..: It flowers in July with fluffy plumes that are cotton candy pink. < as lemmas |
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