| 单词 | rhodora azalea |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrhodora azalea 2. An azalea, Rhododendron canadense, native to swamps and moist woodland in north-eastern North America and cultivated elsewhere, which bears short-tubed rose-purple flowers in early spring before its leaves emerge. Also rhodora azalea.This plant was placed by Linnaeus in a genus of its own as Rhodora canadensis. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > azaleas or rhododendrons mountain rose1640 rhododendron1657 Alpine rose1728 winterbloom1752 azalea1753 mountain rosebay1759 rosebay1760 rhodora1770 mountain laurel1785 swamp azalea1796 big laurel1810 rose tree1818 white honeysuckle1818 meadow pink1827 Pinkster1833 mayflower1838 alpenrose1839 swamp pink1840 rhodie1851 swamp honeysuckle1856 ponticum1875 tree azalea1884 rhodo1886 Kurume azalea1920 1770 C. Milne Bot. Dict. at Bicornes Dwarf rose-bay, rhodora, and gaultheria, have declining stamina. 1838 Boston Weekly Mag. 22 Sept. 17/2 The Rhodora is followed in succession by the Honeysuckles, the Kalmias or Laurels, the Azalea. 1869 J. G. Fuller Uncle John's Flower-gatherers 59 The Azaleas..are beautiful cousins of the Rhodora. 1891 S. Parsons Landscape Gardening 41 When we light, therefore, unexpectedly on a cluster of rhodoras in some retired nook, they impress us as one of the most exquisite indications of settled spring. 1915 Amer. Botanist 21 11 We saw hundreds of Rhodoras with an abundance of seed pods. These plants I have usually found growing not far from lakes..and often in bogs. 1942 W. R. Van Dersal Ornamental Amer. Shrubs vi. 84 Valued for its early, bright rose-purple flowers and rich in its associations is the Rhodora, Rhododendron canadense. 1958 G. A. Petrides Field Guide Trees & Shrubs 363 Rhodora Azalea... A low shrub with blunt-tipped somewhat hairy leaves. 1977 Field Guide Mountain Flowers of New Eng. (Appalachian Mountain Club) (ed. 2) 114 The pinkish flush that rhodora imparts to a bog is more generally noticed than the detail of the individual blossoms. 2004 Northern Woodlands Summer 76/1 Gone are the cheery pink flowers of rhodora and sheep laurel. < as lemmas |
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