单词	leggy
释义	leggy /ˈlɛɡi / adjective (leggier, leggiest) 1(Of a woman) having attractively long legs: a leggy redhead... Julian contemplated a moment before throwing a new taunt back at the leggy woman. There is a leggy black woman with bleached blonde curls at the bar smiling winningly at everyone. Detective Nolan was a leggy woman in her early thirties, with a broad face. 1.1Having long legs: a leggy type of collie... She was also holding the reins of a tall leggy coal black Thoroughbred named Helios. Tall, leggy herons and the white snowy egrets wait patiently along the tidal creeks for small fish to swim by. The town is a favorite nesting-place for the leggy birds, who take up residence here on the old Roman aqueduct, disused minarets and any other safe perch, in the Summers. 2(Of a plant) having an excessively long and straggly stem: tulips may grow tall and leggy... Pinching leggy plants promotes stronger stems and better flowers. Keep plants looking lush and full by pruning leggy stems back to buds or branches and removing off-colored and damaged foliage. These have grown into leggy shrubs, but not yet mature trees. Derivatives legginess /ˈlɛɡɪnəs / noun ... Make sure the ficus receives good light; inadequate light promotes legginess. In the process, he has increased the flowering capacity of the plant, reduced its legginess, and introduced new colors. Cut plants back by 1/3 after blooming to prevent legginess and sprawling growth. Rhymes dreggy, eggy, Peggy
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