| 单词 | starch hyacinth |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstarch hyacinth starch hyacinth n. Muscari racemosum.extracted from hyacinthn.starch hyacinth starch hyacinth n. now rare a grape hyacinth, probably Muscari neglectum. [Apparently so called because of the scent of its flowers; compare quot. 1790, although compare also quot. 2006 for a different view.] ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > lily and allied flowers > hyacinth and allied flowers > grape-hyacinth or tassel-hyacinth fair-haired hyacinth1597 grape-flower1597 muscari1597 pearls of Spain1597 musk grape-flower1598 musk-grape1607 musk hyacinth1629 purple-tassels1629 purse tassel1629 grape hyacinth1733 musk1786 starch hyacinth1790 tassel hyacinth1790 1790 Bot. Mag. 4 122 We have thought it better to call this species the Starch Hyacinth, the smell of the flower in the general opinion resembling that substance. 1808 J. E. Smith Eng. Bot. XXVII. 1931 Starch Hyacinth..is so abundantly wild in many places. 1900 G. Bell Let. 11 Jan. (1927) I. v. 61 I went there yesterday afternoon for starch hyacinths and cyclamen and had a tremendous scramble. 2006 Abbotsford (Brit. Columbia) Times (Nexis) 26 Sept. 20 This is true of Muscari neglectum, sometimes called the Starch Hyacinth because each of the lower navy blue florets has a crisp white rim. < as lemmas |
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