单词 | red-flowering |
释义 | red-floweringadj. Having red flowers. Chiefly in the names of plants (see also Compounds). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > flower or flowering plant > [adjective] > having flowers or blossom > with specific colouring or marking blue-flowered1597 red-flowered1629 blue-mantleda1650 rectified1665 well-broke1687 guarded1688 run1725 broken1731 pheasant-eyed1731 red-flowering1731 bizarre1753 run-off1810 unveined1826 self1833 limbate1866 chloranthous1871 albiflorous1879 laced1882 1731 M. Catesby Nat. Hist. Carolina I. iv. Pl. 64 The Red flowring Maple. These Trees grow to a considerable Height; but their truncs are not often very large. 1776 W. Boutcher Treat. Forest-trees (new ed.) xxxvi. 236 The red-flowering Strawberry Tree. 1864 J. T. B. Syme Sowerby's Eng. Bot. (ed. 3) II. 129 Spergularia Rubra... Red-flowering Field Spurrey. 1889 J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants Austral. 471 This rugged-barked variety (Victorian Ironbark) must not be confused with the Red-flowering Ironbark (E. Sideroxylon) of New South Wales. 1938 A. W. D'Ombrain Gallery of Gum Trees 48 In Western Australia..there are two distinctive and beautiful red flowering gums, the Scarlet Flowered Gum,..and..the much larger Pink Flowered Marri. 1955 A. Delius Young Traveller in S. Afr. 149 There were peach trees absolutely covered in blossom and red-flowering kaffir-trees and many other flowering plants. 2003 R. Elliot Austral. Plants 114/2 Red flowering gum, Eucalyptus ficifolia.., has been cultivated for many years and is a popular and well-known tree. Compounds red-flowering maple n. the red maple, Acer rubrum. ΚΠ 1731*Red flowering maple [see main sense]. 1816 D. B. Warden Descr. Columbia 166 Maple (red flowering). Acer rubrum. 1950 Long Beach (Calif.) Press-Tel. 21 May (Southland Mag.) 10/4 The red flowering maple..grows with amazing speed and produces big, colorful bell-shaped flowers. 2003 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 28 Dec. cn. 1 A red flowering maple on the lawn of Kent's town hall. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1731 |
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