corydalis
/kuh-rid-l-is/US // kəˈrɪd l ɪs //UK // (kəˈrɪdəlɪs) //
堇菜,杜鹃花,堇菜花,堇菜花开
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : any of the erect or climbing plants constituting the genus Corydalis, of the poppy family, having divided leaves, tuberous or fibrous roots, and clusters of irregular spurred flowers.
Examples
The little geranium known as herb-robert is a neighbor of the corydalis, and, like it, stands the cold remarkably well.
The hellgramite, the larva of the corydalis fly, in its native waters, is also successful for still-fishing.
Farther on are close green tufts of the Corydalis, with its delicate lilac flowers.
With one plant of corydalis lutea a stock can soon be obtained, as this variety seeds freely.
When the dobson is full grown, it is called a hellgrammite fly or horned corydalis.
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