[usu. as modifier]a dwarf variety of a cultivated flower or vegetable
矮生花卉,矮生蔬菜
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Tom Thumb lettuce. 矮生莴苣。
a small wild flower, especially bird's-foot trefoil
小野花(尤指牛角花)。
" late 19th cent.: from the name of the hero of a children's story, a ploughman's son who was only as tall as his father's thumb. "