| 词汇 | mrs robb-s bonnet |
| 词源 | Mrs. Robb’s Bonnet. Mrs. Robb wanted to bring a beautiful plant she had found to England from Turkey, in the early 1890s. Having no container in which to transport the plant, she sacri- ficed her hat and used her hatbox to carry the plant, which be- came known scientifically as Euphorbia robbiae and popularly as Mrs. Robb’s Bonnet. |
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