单词 | scarlet pimpernel |
例句 | She shrugged her shoulders, laughed, and turned to pick up a scarlet pimpernel. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z Sensitive flowers, the scarlet pimpernel, the African mimosa, close their delicate petals, and a sense of hushed expectancy deepens with the darkness. The Story of Eclipses It is the scarlet pimpernel, or "poor man's weather-glass;" for on rainy days, and even before the showers are coming, the little plant, conscious of their approach, closes up its flowers. Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children Mozart passed roguishly by in strains of scarlet pimpernel, mignonette, syringa, and violets. Visionaries The scarlet pimpernel, nicknamed the "poor man's weather glass," or wind cope, opens its flowers only to fine weather. Camping For Boys Then there would be some wrangling as to whether ugliness was the test of weeds, till Socrates would make it clear that this would involve omitting speedwell and the scarlet pimpernel from the list. The Pleasures of Ignorance She loved the beautiful for its own sake, kept her face to the sun when it shone, shivered and shut up like a scarlet pimpernel if bad weather was abroad. Lying Prophets The scarlet pimpernel or Anagallis arvensis has a blue variety which is absolutely constant. Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation First rose the scarlet pimpernel, With burning purple heart; I saw it, and I knew right well The lesson of its art. A Hidden Life and Other Poems Notwithstanding the fact that many birds delight to feast on the seeds, or perhaps because of it, for many must be dropped undigested, the scarlet pimpernel is one of the most widely distributed species known. Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors |
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