| 单词 | scotch lilac |
| 释义 | > as lemmasScotch lilac Scotch lilac n. now rare a cultivated variety of the common lilac, Syringa vulgaris, with dark purple flowers, first grown in Scotland. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > lilac and allied trees > syringal mock orange pipe1597 pipe tree1629 syringa1664 mock orange1731 seringa1740 Philadelphus1754 Scotch lilac1759 orange-flower tree1877 1759 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. (ed. 7) at Syringa One of these [varieties] has white Flowers, one blue, and the third has purple Flowers; the latter is commonly known by the Title of Scotch Lilac. 1838 J. C. Loudon Arboretum II. lxxv. 1209 The common purple Lilac; also called the Scotch Lilac, because it was first recorded in Sutherland's Catalogue of the Edinburgh Botanic Garden. 1891 Entomologist's Rec. 1 247 During July I found the flowers of the Scotch lilac extremely attractive to some fairly good species. 1959 D. Bartrúm Lilac & Laburnum 74 The ‘Scotch Lilac’ was the appropriate common name chosen for it, and the plant was considered to be the most beautiful Lilac then in cultivation. < as lemmas |
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