单词 | Hesperis |
释义 | Hesperis (once / 262652 pages) n WORD FAMILY Hesperis USAGE EXAMPLESDAME’S VIOLET, the English name for Hesperis matronalis, a herbaceous plant belonging to the natural order Cruciferae, and closely allied to the wallflower and stock. Various, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edit...(2012) Rocket, rok′et, n. any one of several ornamental Old World herbs of the genus Hesperis, of the mustard family. Various, Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictio...(2012) Hesiod speaks of them as the daughters of Night, but according to others, they were the offspring of Atlas and Hesperis. White, Catherine Ann, The Student's Mythology—A Compendiu...(2011) n biennial or perennial erect herbs having nocturnally fragrant flowers Syn|Hyper genus Hesperis dilleniid dicot genus genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs |
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