| 单词 | turk's cap cactus |
| 释义 | > as lemmasTurk's cap cactus 3. The Melon-thistle, Cactus Melocactus: see quot. 1866; also Turk's cap cactus, Turk's head. Also, any of several other members of the genus Cactus. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cactus and allies > [noun] > melon-cactus pope's head1699 melon thistle1725 Turk's head1725 Melocactus1731 Turk's cap1731 melon-cactus1845 1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Melocactus The common or large Melon-Thistle, commonly call'd Turk~cap or Pope's-Head in the West-Indies. 1829 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Plants 410 C[actus] melocactus, the great melon thistle or Turk's cap, appears like a large fleshy green melon, with deep ribs, set all over with strong sharp thorns. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 733/2 Melocactus communis, the Turk's-cap Cactus, so called from the flowering portion on the top of the plant being of a cylindrical form and red colour like a fez cap. 1926 W. Fawcett & A. B. Rendle Flora Jamaica V. 283 Turk's Head, Turk's Cap, Pope's Head, Melon Thistle. 1951 Dict. Gardening (Royal Hort. Soc.) I. 345/2 The Turk's Cap. The species [of Cactus] are characterized by the formation of a woolly cap or cephalium when the plants reach flowering size. < as lemmas |
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