"curiosity" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Another botanical curiosity is called the impregnated lemon; which is a perfect and distinct lemon enclosed within another, and differing from the outer one only in being a little more globular.
- Upon their introduction into Europe, chilis were grown as botanical curiosities in the gardens of Spanish and Portuguese monasteries.
- Long considered a botanical curiosity, phytoliths attracted little attention for more than a century after their discovery in 1846 by Christian Ehrenberg, a German scientist specializing in microscopy.
- A botanical curiosity is the Weeping Beech, Fagus sylvatica pendula, cherished as "the upside-down tree".
- But that bit of botanical curiosity only served as momentary diversion from the question overwhelming her: How did I get into this mess?
- For reasons that ranged from botanical curiosity to decorative one-upmanship, middle-class Victorians dotted their parlors with readily accessible plants from the tropics.
- Its botanical curiosities are much appreciated by the visitors.
- Interest in waxy maize suddenly mushroomed, and this maize type abandoned the status of botanical curiosity and speciality product to become the subject of major research importance.
- Only recently it has been cultivated outside its native range, grown more for its botanical curiosity than for ornamental values.
- With the spread of botany as a suitable avocation for the enlightened, the Gardenesque tended to emphasize botanical curiosities and a collector's approach.
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