freesia
/free-zhee-uh, -zee-uh, -zhuh/US // ˈfri ʒi ə, -zi ə, -ʒə //UK // (ˈfriːzɪə, ˈfriːʒə) //
小苍兰,小苍术,小叶女贞,小兰花
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : any of several plants belonging to the genus Freesia, of the iris family, native to southern Africa, having fragrant white, yellow, or sometimes rose-colored, tubular flowers.
Examples
We have had our tea and the sunlight slants in over the white freesia and white hyacinths.
The freesia and the oxalis are of the "Cape" group of bulbs, and when started in the fall should blossom in four or five months.
One of them is called freesia (Fig. 371) and if I could have but one kind of bulb to flower in the winter, I should choose this.
On each side there is a hyacinth just starting and in front a little freesia in bloom.
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