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larkspur

/lahrk-spur/US // ˈlɑrkˌspɜr //UK // (ˈlɑːkˌspɜː) //

飞燕草,云雀花,拉克斯珀,云雀草

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any of several plants belonging to the genera Delphinium and Consolida, of the buttercup family, characterized by the spur-shaped formation of the calyx and petals.

Examples

  • I am dreaming of the day I can see a chestnut-collared larkspur, present and rare on the prairie.

  • GWS would make the trip to Vail just for the open kitchen and stellar service of Larkspur.

  • Even as the gardener predicted, the tender little larkspur plants mysteriously died.

  • The bees droned, and the wheeling buzzard suddenly dropped like a plummet a hundred yards through the larkspur blue.

  • And the girls decorated the tables with flowers—blue larkspur and white canterbury bells.

  • It is evident that the flower here described is not our modern hyacinth, but some species of iris or larkspur.

  • She reached in and snipped off a spire of larkspur from the very back of the border, then stood back to see what had happened.