释义 |
lady's glove Also 6–7 Our Ladies, 7–8 ladies' gloves, 9 lady glove. [Orig. lady n. 3.] The foxglove, Digitalis purpurea. The name has been applied to several other plants, e.g. † Lungwort, Pulmonaria officinalis; Fleawort, Inula Conyza; the Bird's-foot Trefoil, Lotus corniculatus (dial.).
1538Elyot Dict. Addit., Bacchar..an herbe..some do call it..our ladies gloues. 1611Cotgr., Gantelée, the hearbe called Fox-gloues, our Ladies gloues. 1621Beaum. & Fl. Pilgrim v. vi, Full of pincks, and Ladies gloves [mod. edd. lady-gloves], Of hartes-ease too. 1668Wilkins Real Char. ii. iv. §3. 80 Sage of Jerusalem, Ladies-glove [marg. Pulmonaria]. 1736Bailey Househ. Dict. 369 Ladies Gloves. The vertues of this plant [fleawort] are to warm and dry; but it is also an opener. 1879Britten & Holland Plant-n., Lady glove, Digitalis purpurea. Ibid., Lady's glove, Lotus corniculatus. |