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单词 rock lily
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rock lily
rock lily n. (a) any of various flowering plants which grow among or on rocks; esp. (Australian) the Australian orchid, Dendrobium speciosum, and (North American) the pasque flower, Pulsatilla patens; (b) a clubmoss of tropical America, Selaginella convoluta (obsolete rare).
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1807 La Belle Assemblée July 333/1 A very beautiful dress; the petticoat elegantly embroidered with silver sprigs, and tastefully ornamented with rock lily.
1846 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom 70 So also the rock-lily, a name sometimes given to Selaginella convoluta.
1879 H. N. Moseley Notes by Naturalist on ‘Challenger’ xi. 270 (New S. Wales) A luxuriant vegetation, with huge masses of Stagshorn Fern (Platycerium) and ‘rock lilies’ (orchids).
1896 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 9 179 Anemone patens, var. Nuttalliana, Gray, wind-flower, rock-lily, wild crocus.
1968 Capital Times (Madison, Wisconsin) 3 Apr. (Green) 1/3 Sometimes they're [sc. Amenone patens] known as badgers, maybe because they like the limestone hillsides. Sometimes they're rock lilies.
2008 Southern Gaz. (Perth) (Nexis) 16 Sept. 2 The grand champion was a dendrobium speciosum, commonly known as rock orchid or rock lily.
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