单词 | rock-vine |
释义 | > as lemmasrock-vine rock-vine n. chiefly poetic (now rare) a climbing or twining plant that grows among rocks.In quot. 1922: the grapevine, Vitis rupestris, of the southern and western United States. ΚΠ 1869 H. Kendall Leaves from Austral. Forests 83 And amongst the oozing forelands many a glad green rock-vine runs. 1922 Rep. Coll. Agric. University Calif. (Bull. 331) 84 Varieties of Rupestris—the rock vine—are in a general way suited to deep soils and hot climates. 1927 J. Joyce Flood in Pomes Penyeach Goldbrown upon the sated flood The rockvine clusters lift and sway. < as lemmas |
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