| 单词 | star anemone |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstar anemone star anemone n. (a) a perennial herbaceous plant, Anemone hortensis (family Ranunculaceae), of northern temperate regions having white or purple stellate flowers; (b) a North American woodland perennial, Trientalis borealis (family Primulaceae), having white stellate flowers with prominent yellow stamens, cf. starflower n. 1. ΚΠ 1629 J. Parkinson Paradisi in Sole 204 (heading) The purple Starre Anemone or Windflower. 1791 Bot. Mag. 4 123 (heading) Anemone hortensis. Star anemone, or broad-leav'd garden anemone. 1882 Garden 14 Jan. 14/2 The Star Anemone in some of its more distinct colours should be freely grown. 1892 J. H. Newell Outl. Lessons in Bot. II. v. (Trientalis Americana) This flower is often found growing beside the Wood-Anemone, and as children, we used to call it Star-Anemone. 1915 L. J. Dale In Green Underwood 37 The still more graceful and delicate star anemone, the pointed white petals and slender golden stamens wide open to the light. 1960 J. Boardman tr. S. Marinatos Crete & Mycenae 143 A frieze of wind-stirred star-anemones painted white on a dark ground. 2003 Times (Nexis) 5 Apr. (Weekend section) 13 Two species of anemones were involved: A. coronaria (known as the ‘Poppy Anemone’) and A. pavonina (known as the ‘Star Anemone’, from its more pointed petals). < as lemmas |
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