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单词 love-lies-bleeding
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Definition of love-lies-bleeding in English:

love-lies-bleeding

noun
  • A South American plant with long drooping tassels of crimson flowers. Cultivated today as an ornamental, its seeds and leaves were formerly eaten in the Andes.

    Amaranthus caudatus, family Amaranthaceae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Here a bouquet of dahlias, astilbe, and love-lies-bleeding is tucked into a wire basket embellished with supermarket rhubarb.
    • The dark red Amaranthus caudatus is commonly called 'love-lies-bleeding'.
    • Love-lies-bleeding, prized for its rope-like, blood-red blossoms, has traditionally been used to stanch bleeding and treat internal hemorrhage.
    • Vernacular names such as love-lies-bleeding and florimer (flor-amor) reflect this misunderstanding.
 
 

Definition of love-lies-bleeding in US English:

love-lies-bleeding

nounˌləvˌlīzˈblēdiNGˌləvˌlaɪzˈblidɪŋ
  • A South American plant with long, drooping tassels of crimson flowers. Cultivated today as an ornamental, it was formerly an important cereal-type crop in the Andes.

    Amaranthus caudatus, family Amaranthaceae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Vernacular names such as love-lies-bleeding and florimer (flor-amor) reflect this misunderstanding.
    • The dark red Amaranthus caudatus is commonly called 'love-lies-bleeding'.
    • Here a bouquet of dahlias, astilbe, and love-lies-bleeding is tucked into a wire basket embellished with supermarket rhubarb.
    • Love-lies-bleeding, prized for its rope-like, blood-red blossoms, has traditionally been used to stanch bleeding and treat internal hemorrhage.
 
 
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