marbled white
Britishnoun
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The site was home to scarce plants including pyramidal and bee orchids, and a rare colony of marbled white butterflies that had relied on common knapweed and red fescue.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
"We've lost these plants now, and it will take years of work to restore the meadow so that marbled white butterflies can return," said Brown.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
On this site alone, he had tried the high brown fritillary, Scotch argus, small heath, marbled white, grizzled skipper, wood white and chequered skipper.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 13, 2020
Lloyd shrugs these locations loose, and instead places a marbled white wall behind his players and gives them the barest props.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 9, 2019
Ours was a long one in the middle and much grander than the rest, because it had a bit of marbled white oil cloth on it for a cloth.
From Elizabeth Visits America by Elinor Glyn
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