| 单词 | sweet alice |
| 释义 | > as lemmassweet Alice sweet Alice n. sweet alyssum, Lobularia maritima (cf. alyssum n. 2) or Arabis alpina, another small cruciferous herb with white flowers. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > cruciferous flowers > white flowers sweet alyssum1790 milkmaid1876 snow-on-the-mountain1882 sweet Alice1886 1886 J. Britten & R. Holland Dict. Eng. Plant-names 459 Sweet Alice. Arabis alpina, L... A corruption of Sweet Alison, which name belongs more properly to Alyssum maritimum, L. 1927 V. Woolf To Lighthouse i. iv. 36 She was picking Sweet Alice on the bank. < as lemmas |
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