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词汇 stonecrop
释义 stonecrop
noun[ C or U ]
uk /ˈstəʊn.krɒp/ us /ˈstoʊn.krɑːp/
a plant with small, thick leaves that can store water, and white, yellow, or pink flowers that grows close to the ground, especially in dry, hard soil:
Succulents include cactus and stonecrop, which grows on dry walls.
The whole area was paved, and small stonecrops with white and yellow starry flowers grew up between the stones.
Synonym
sedum
In late summer and early autumn, stonecrop (also known as sedum) has flower clusters that attract the season's last butterflies.
The grass roof has been replaced with stonecrop which will be better suited to periods of prolonged drought.
This stonecrop comes from inhospitable mountainsides, so it can cope with extremes of weather.
With rising traffic pollution, the wallflowers, stonecrop, spiders, snails and other mini-beasts that exploit these man-made walls may begin to decline.
A lawn of stonecrops is not much better for wildlife than bare concrete.
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