| 单词 | fumitory |
| 例句 | The earth was soft and crumbling, with a scattering of the weeds that are found in cultivated fields—fumitory, charlock, pimpernel and mayweed, all growing in the green gloom under the bean leaves. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Changes in farming practices in recent decades mean these wild flowers - including vetch, fumitory and clover - are now scarce. Turtle dove rescue mission begins 2012-05-10T00:40:58Z I think we may see this even in a small flower like the fumitory, in which one portion is deep purple and all the rest of the blossoms a delicate pink. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z In past times fumitory was in esteem for its reputed cholagogue and other medicinal properties; and in England, boiled in water, milk or whey, it was used as a cosmetic. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z All the fumitories prefer a light soil and a sunny position. Small Gardens and How to Make the Most of Them Amongst the loose stone-work of the walled lanes, where beryl-backed lizards peep in and out of every crevice, can be found fragrant violets and the delicate fumitory with its pink waxy bells. The Naples Riviera They utilise plants of various kinds, but usually fumitory, oats, nettle, various species of Veronica, etc. The Industries of Animals Some fumitory appeared this summer in a field of barley; till then I had not observed any for some time in that district. Nature Near London "It is the bulbous-rooted fumitory," said the young man, pulling a piece at random in the reckless way in which men do disfigure forest flower-beds. Brothers of Pity and Other Tales of Beasts and Men The fumitories are elegant plants, and nearly always in flower; the blossoms are small, yellow, sometimes white, and borne in profusion amongst the finely-cut foliage, which, the whole summer through, is a bright clear green. Small Gardens and How to Make the Most of Them If this general seed-sowing became a matter of principle, for instance, I should probably sow daisies on my neighbour's tennis lawn, poppies and fumitory in his cornfield, and dandelions in his meadow. The Pleasures of Ignorance The climbing fumitory comes up of itself from seed every year, and is now running over bushes, stakes, and strings, and is full of fern-like leaves and flesh-colored flowers. Scientific American Supplement, No. 299, September 24, 1881 The juice of fumitory is said to clear the sight, and the kennel-wort was once a popular specific for the king's-evil. The Folk-lore of Plants I think it is the prettiest of modern flowers, but I wish we might call it Japan fumitory, or by some English name.' The Trial |
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