| 单词 | vegetable camel |
| 释义 | > as lemmasvegetable camel vegetable camel n. now rare any of various plants adapted to store water; (in early use) spec. a carrion flower (genus Stapelia). ΚΠ 1798 Crit. Rev. 22 App. 524 In this rugged tract, Mr. Masson met with those beautiful stapeliæ, the vegetable camels of the desert. 1836 A. H. Lincoln Familiar Lect. Bot. (ed. 5) ii. vi. 40 Some plants..flourish in the most dry and sandy places, exposed to a burning sun; as the Stapelia, sometimes called the vegetable camel. 1878 Edinb. Med. Jrnl. (1879) 24 i. 573 It [sc. Eucalyptus oleosa] may be called a vegetable camel, its roots retaining so much water, that travellers through the wilderness rip them up for refreshment. 1967 Burlington (N. Carolina) Times-News 14 Dec. 5 c/3 Succulent plants..are actually vegetable camels, says the Society of American Florists, because of their astounding ability to assimilate, pipe, and store water. < as lemmas |
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