| 单词 | spiked loosestrife |
| 释义 | > as lemmasspiked loosestrife 2. In specific names, as spiked brome-grass, spiked clover, spiked liatris, spiked loosestrife, spiked mint, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > inflorescence or collective flower > [adjective] > having particular shape, type, or arrangement > of a spike > bearing a spike spiked1597 spicate1668 spiculate1832 tristachyous1891 1597 J. Gerard Herball i. 339 The spiked Rose Plantaine hath very few leaues. 1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Mentha Common Spik'd-Mint, usually call'd Spear-Mint. 1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Veronica Narrow-leav'd spik'd Speedwell. 1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Veronica Welsh spiked Speedwell. ?1768–9 Encycl. Brit. (1771) I. 681 The pinnatus or spiked brome-grass. 1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) II. 350 Spiked Rush. Near the summits of the Highland mountains. 1822 S. Clarke Hortus Anglicus II. 351 Spiked Liatris;..spike leafy, dense above. 1828 J. E. Smith Eng. Flora (ed. 2) II. 343 Spiked Purple-Loosestrife... Flowers in whorled leafy spikes. 1851 Rural Cycl. IV. 15/2 The spiked rampion, Phyteuma spicatum, has sometimes been used as an article of food. 1855 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. III. 345 Spiked Rampion... This rare species has been found only in Sussex. 1888 Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. 6 Dec. 2/3 A native forage plant, called ‘spiked clover’, is attracting attention in California. The plant puts out white blossoms on slender spikes. < as lemmas |
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