单词 | large-leaved |
例句 | Large, airy rooms with low beds and spartan furniture are arranged around a central courtyard of red earth, where glossy, large-leaved verdure grows. This Is an Indian House, According to One Architect 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z And here, high up the strand, beneath a bank overgrown with large-leaved plants, lies a human form, huddled, motionless. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z Near this village the pistachio is abundant, and planes, willows, and a large-leaved clematis vary the foliage. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z The avenues of trees in the town consisted of robinia, paper-mulberry, large-leaved poplars, which exude an aromatic gum, weeping willows, and Syrian mallow, which latter grow to the height of ten and even fifteen feet. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z The former are large-leaved strong-growing plants, not suited to outdoor culture, with long smooth-rinded fruit; there are many excellent varieties such as Telegraph, Sion House, duke of Edinburgh, &c. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z Beyond the glossy plate-glass of the casements gleamed misty folds of lace, and still further beyond these you caught a charming glimpse of large-leaved tropic plants in rich-hued vases. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z The large-leaved cucumber tree exceeds all other magnolias in the size of its leaves and flowers. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z Just at that moment, as if in proof of what he said, a slight wreath of smoke came curling up through the foliage of a large-leaved banana grove on the tiny island. The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn 2011-10-03T02:00:28.483Z Where a very large-leaved Vine is wanted nothing is handsomer than the North American Vitis Labrusca or the Asiatic Vitis Coignettii, whose autumn leaves are gorgeously coloured. Wood and Garden Notes and thoughts, practical and critical, of a working amateur 2011-06-02T02:00:22.983Z P. grandidentata, the large-leaved American aspen, has ovate or roundish leaves deeply and irregularly serrated on the margin. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" Macros, Greek for long, sometimes also used for large: thus Macrophyllous, long or large-leaved, &c. The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools The large-leaved saxifrages, sometimes called megaseas, merit a good deal more attention than they receive. Small Gardens and How to Make the Most of Them There are flowering Cherries of weeping habit that would suit well for such treatment, and several other small trees of pendulous growth, such as Laburnum, Weeping Ash, and the large-leaved Weeping Elm. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens Stiff soils and dry gravelly subsoils are both unsuitable, though the trees require a large amount of moisture, particularly the large-leaved sorts, such as the bigarreaus. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" He drew back among the large-leaved plants, which would effectually screen him from the intruders, and hoped that their stay would be short. Kidnapped at the Altar or, The Romance of that Saucy Jessie Bain All over China, but especially in this part of Szechuan, there grows a tree of the large-leaved privet species. A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia Ferns and large-leaved trees overhung the path; from the verdant undergrowth there sprang at intervals the vast round trunks of the rosamala trees. A Visit to Java With an Account of the Founding of Singapore The needles of the pines show this effect very well, large-leaved trees still better; while a glimmering field of maize exhibits the most extraordinary variations when looked at through the rotating Nicol. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 They looked quite cool and pleasant, embowered in green papyrus, tamarind, and palm-trees, which shaded them from the hot tropical sun with their large-leaved foliage. A Boy's Voyage Round the World They also do a good deal of hunting upon low-growing, large-leaved plants. Chatterbox, 1906 The Indian Drifting, knife in hand, His frail boat moored to A floating isle thick matted With large-leaved, low-creeping melon-plants, And the dark cucumber. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866 The front was entirely clad with large-leaved ivy. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866 The child Evadne pruned the large-leaved vines, and gave the rugged cheeks of certain melons to the sun. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 "In the large-leaved trees which stretch their branches like that." Son of Power It is perfectly hardy, but seems to require rather drier situations than most of the large-leaved kinds. Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies. He suggests that the wreaths are of stephanotis, that large-leaved myrtle, which was sacred to the Chthonian goddesses after the liberation of Semele from Hades by her son Dionysus. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series In many places are fields of the large-leaved castor-oil plants, whose crimson flower contrasts with the delicately tinted blossoms of the poppies which, for the sake of their opium, are grown upon the shelving banks. Peeps at Many Lands: Egypt As regards the second point, also, the streaks are generally wanting in caterpillars which feed on large-leaved plants. A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV. There were evergreen oaks, and pines, and firs, and plenty of the large-leaved ivy. Woodside or, Look, Listen, and Learn. They see the Indian Drifting, knife in hand, His frail boat moored to A floating isle, thick-matted With large-leaved low-creeping melon plants, And the dark cucumber. The Germ Thoughts towards Nature in Poetry, Literature and Art When the barrel is nearly full the lobsters are covered with a little seaweed or large-leaved marine plants, and the rest of the space is filled with cracked ice. The Lobster Fishery of Maine Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, Vol. 19, Pages 241-265, 1899 N. macrophylla, or large-leaved tobacco, an ornamental annual, also with pink flowers, native of America, which rises to the height of six feet. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. Many of the limes, planes, and oaks were large-leaved species; and both flowers and fruits, besides immense quantities of leaves, are in many cases preserved. The Ancient Life History of the Earth A Comprehensive Outline of the Principles and Leading Facts of Palæontological Science Palms, orange and lemon trees, flowering cacti, and large-leaved cane-plants, are grouped about; consoles and marble tables, covered with the loveliest cut flowers. The Italians There under the window climbs the large-leaved burdock from the thick grass. Liza "A nest of nobles" And the ivy veined and glossy Was enwrought with eglantine; And the wild hop fibred closely, And the large-leaved columbine, Arch of door and window mullion, did right sylvanly entwine. Lives of Girls Who Became Famous It was too full of large-leaved flowers, and the latter were too brilliant to serve as a foreground to the Alhambra scenes, which were used as the chief motive. Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. Its south wall was curtained with a dense orange vine, a dozen fig-trees offered you their large-leaved shade, and over the low parapet the soft, grave Tuscan landscape kept you company. Roderick Hudson The large-leaved rhubarb and cabbage plants slept too, their broad limp surfaces hanging in the sun like half-closed umbrellas. Tess of the d'Urbervilles The prominent large-leaved plant near the steps is a bramble, Rubus odoratus, very common in the neighborhood, and it is a choice plant for decorative planting, when it is kept under control. Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) Of the large-leaved kinds, one of the most distinct is canariensis, or large-leaved Irish ivy, and Raegner's variety, with leathery, heart-shaped foliage, is also handsome. Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884 Every nook and corner was under cultivation, and each country-house had its chapel and its drying-ground for 'fruit,' level yards now hidden under large-leaved daisies and wild flowers. To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I An entire suite of rooms is made into a bower of large-leaved plants. Manners and Social Usages Many of the limes, planes, and oaks were large-leaved species, and both flowers and fruit, besides immense quantities of leaves, are in many cases preserved. The Student's Elements of Geology A chestnut-tree, after forcing up the planks of the floor, had grown tall under the ceiling, and was reaching out its large-leaved branches towards the glassless windows. The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard The large-leaved golden ivy is also very effective here and there along a sunny wall, especially if contrasted with the small-leaved kind—atropurpurea—which has dark purple or bronzy foliage at this season. Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884 The water, flowing from a spring, though apparently stagnant, was covered with large-leaved plants and cresses, which gave it a perfectly green surface almost indistinguishable from the shores, which were covered with fine close herbage. An Historical Mystery Of all the different forms of ivy, I think the large-leaved golden one of the best; certainly the best of the variegated kinds. Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884 |
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