| 单词 | stone cress |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstone cress stone cress n. any of several low-growing plants which grow on stony ground; esp. (in early use) †the rock cress Arabidopsis petraea (obsolete), and (in later use) any plant of the Mediterranean genus Aethionema (family Brassicaceae ( Cruciferae)), commonly cultivated in rock gardens. ΚΠ 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. xii. 195 Stone Cresses groweth flat vpon the grounde, with leaues iagged and cut about the edges like the oken leafe. 1710 W. Salmon Botanologia I. clxvii. 237/2 There are three [kinds] which go under the Name of Wild Cress, viz..3. Nasturtium Petræum, The Stone or Rock Cress. 1859 J. Ruskin Two Paths v. 215 When I was inclined for science, I could botanize all along the top of my wall—there were four species of stone-cress alone growing on it. 1939 Centralia (Washington) Daily Chron. 10 Apr. 3/6 Persian Stone Cress (Aethionema Grandiflorum) is one of the best species of plants for the rock garden, dry wall, or sunny spot with a south exposure. 2005 M. Kirton Plot (2007) 155/1 The absolute classic rock plants include stone cress (Aethionema sp.), rock cress (Arabis sp.), [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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