单词 | cockrose |
释义 | cockrosen. Chiefly Scottish and English regional (northern). Now rare. Any of several wild poppies having a red flower, esp. the common field poppy, Papaver rhoeas. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > poppy and allied flowers > poppy poppyeOE wild poppya1300 red poppya1400 mecop1480 corn-rose1527 field poppy1597 redweed1609 darnel1612 cockrose?1632 canker1640 tell-love1640 rose poppy1648 erratic poppy1661 corn poppy1671 headwark1691 cop-rose1776 headachea1825 thunderbolt1847 thunder-flower1853 Iceland poppy1870 Greenland poppy1882 ?1632 S. Jerome Arraignem. Whole Creature xv. §4. 269 It proves perhaps after all..but a Cock-rose, or Canker Rose. 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Cockrose, any wild poppy with a red flower; but most commonly the long smooth-headed poppy. 1864 York Herald 16 Apr. 9/2 Mr. Scott said the employment of Garrett's horse hoe was most useful in getting rid of cockroses or poppies, as well as charlocks. 1957 W. Mayne Grass Rope xii. 107 Mary wandered all over the intakes, gathering red cockroses, and letting the silk petals fall when she ran with the flowers in her hands. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?1632 |
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