chinkerincheen.

Brit.

/ˌtʃɪŋkərɪnˈtʃiː/, U.S.

/ˌtʃɪŋkərɪnˈtʃi/, South African English

/ˌtʃɪŋkərɪnˈtʃiː/

Forms: Also chincherinchee, chinkerichee, chinkeringching.

Etymology: Said to be onomatopoeic, from the squeaky sound produced when two flower-stalks are rubbed together.

South African.

A popular name for the liliaceous bulbous plant Ornithogalum thyrsoides, bearing white to golden-yellow flowers in a dense 12- to 30-flowered raceme.

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1793 C. R. Hopson tr. C. P. Thunberg Trav. I. 153 Tintirinties is a name given to a species of Ornithogalum, with a white flower, from the sound it produced, when two stalks of it were rubbed against each other.]

1904 Agric. Jrnl. Cape Good Hope July 6 The Chinkerinchee, Chincher-and-ching, ‘Viooltjes’, as that beautiful white flowering bulb, the Ornithogalum thyrsoides, is variously called in South Africa.

1913 C. Pettman Africanderisms 120 Chinkering ching, Ornithogalum thyrsoides. The popular name of this plant in the Western Province.

1915 R. Marloth Flora S. Afr. IV. 106 The best known species is O. thyrsoides, called the star of Bethlehem, but more familiar as viooltje or chinkerichee.

1923 Daily Mail 3 Dec. The South African flower the chinkerichee.

1926 A. H. Hamer Wild Flowers of Cape Key List of Flowers..Chincherinchees (Ornithogalum).

1942 Amer. Speech 17 66/2 For some years now the catalogs of dealers in bulbs have admonished us that a recognized American name for the flowering bulb Ornithogalum is chinkerichee (as I saw it first) or chincherichee (as I see it nowadays).

1949 M. Masson Narrowing Lust xiii. 129 Even the creamy Chincherinchee glowed with a depth of colour that accentuated its whiteness and made it striking.

1959 Times 7 Mar. 1/7 25 Chincherinchees 10s.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	chinkerinchee
释义	chinkerincheen. Brit. /ˌtʃɪŋkərɪnˈtʃiː/, U.S. /ˌtʃɪŋkərɪnˈtʃi/, South African English /ˌtʃɪŋkərɪnˈtʃiː/ Forms: Also chincherinchee, chinkerichee, chinkeringching. Etymology: Said to be onomatopoeic, from the squeaky sound produced when two flower-stalks are rubbed together. South African. A popular name for the liliaceous bulbous plant Ornithogalum thyrsoides, bearing white to golden-yellow flowers in a dense 12- to 30-flowered raceme. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > lily and allied flowers > allied flowers dog's tooth1578 daylily1597 mountain saffron1597 phalangium1608 Savoy spiderwort1629 hemerocallis1648 tuberose1664 St Bruno's lily1706 superb lily1731 agapanthus1789 Spanish squill1790 erythronium1797 Tritoma1804 Spanish harebell1808 veltheimia1808 adder's tongue1817 bunch flower1818 Puschkinia1820 hedychium1822 eremurus1836 flame lily1841 lily pink1848 mountain spiderwort1849 lloydia1850 kniphofia1854 garland-flower1866 red-hot poker1870 swamp-lover1878 African lily1882 flame-flower1882 Scarborough lily1882 wood-lily1882 St. Bernard lily1883 torch-lily1884 rajanigandha1885 ginger lily1892 chinkerinchee1904 snow lily1907 sand lily1909 avalanche lily1912 Spanish bluebell1924 mountain lily1932 chink1949 poker1975 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > lily and allied flowers > Solomon's seal or star of Bethlehem whitewort?c1400 Solomon's seal1543 dog's onion1548 white root1548 ornithogalum1562 Our Lady's cowslip1565 St John's seal1567 star of Bethlehem1573 ornithogal1578 field onion1582 Polygonatum1597 star of Bethlehem1629 Ladder to Heaven1640 Star of Naples1722 smilacina1808 seal-wort1837 lady's seal1870 peep of day1882 morning star1890 chinkerinchee1926 1793 C. R. Hopson tr. C. P. Thunberg Trav. I. 153 Tintirinties is a name given to a species of Ornithogalum, with a white flower, from the sound it produced, when two stalks of it were rubbed against each other.] 1904 Agric. Jrnl. Cape Good Hope July 6 The Chinkerinchee, Chincher-and-ching, ‘Viooltjes’, as that beautiful white flowering bulb, the Ornithogalum thyrsoides, is variously called in South Africa. 1913 C. Pettman Africanderisms 120 Chinkering ching, Ornithogalum thyrsoides. The popular name of this plant in the Western Province. 1915 R. Marloth Flora S. Afr. IV. 106 The best known species is O. thyrsoides, called the star of Bethlehem, but more familiar as viooltje or chinkerichee. 1923 Daily Mail 3 Dec. The South African flower the chinkerichee. 1926 A. H. Hamer Wild Flowers of Cape Key List of Flowers..Chincherinchees (Ornithogalum). 1942 Amer. Speech 17 66/2 For some years now the catalogs of dealers in bulbs have admonished us that a recognized American name for the flowering bulb Ornithogalum is chinkerichee (as I saw it first) or chincherichee (as I see it nowadays). 1949 M. Masson Narrowing Lust xiii. 129 Even the creamy Chincherinchee glowed with a depth of colour that accentuated its whiteness and made it striking. 1959 Times 7 Mar. 1/7 25 Chincherinchees 10s. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1904
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