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词汇 blinks
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Definition of blinks in English:

blinks

(also water blinks)
plural noun blɪŋks

  • usually treated as singular A small fleshy plant with tiny white flowers, which grows in damp and wet habitats in temperate regions. The leaves are sometimes eaten in salads.

    水生小鸡草

    Montia fontana, family Portulacaceae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Some are found worldwide such as water blinks and brittle-bladder fern.
    • Photograph and information on this species, commonly known as Blinks, found in damp places.
    • Blinks is so called because its tiny greenish-white flowers rarely open fully, fancifully as if they were reluctant to face the sun.

Origin

Late 17th century: from blink in the sense 'momentary gleam of light' (referring to the small flowers).
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