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corydalis

/kuh-rid-l-is/US // kəˈrɪd l ɪs //UK // (kəˈrɪdəlɪs) //

堇菜,杜鹃花,堇菜花,堇菜花开

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any of the erect or climbing plants constituting the genus Corydalis, of the poppy family, having divided leaves, tuberous or fibrous roots, and clusters of irregular spurred flowers.

Examples

  • The little geranium known as herb-robert is a neighbor of the corydalis, and, like it, stands the cold remarkably well.

  • The hellgramite, the larva of the corydalis fly, in its native waters, is also successful for still-fishing.

  • Farther on are close green tufts of the Corydalis, with its delicate lilac flowers.

  • With one plant of corydalis lutea a stock can soon be obtained, as this variety seeds freely.

  • When the dobson is full grown, it is called a hellgrammite fly or horned corydalis.