crow-flowern.
(a) A popular name for the buttercup (cf. crowfoot n.). (b) Applied by Gerarde to the Ragged Robin ( Lychnis floscuculi); by Tannahill apparently to the wild hyacinth or bluebell ( Scilla nutans); also in some parts to Caltha palustris and Geranium sylvaticum.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > campions and catchflies
rose campion1530
jagged pink1574
cuckoo-gilliflower1578
flower Constantinople1578
marsh gilliflower1578
wild William1578
crow-flower1597
gardener's delight1597
nonsuch1597
cuckoo-flower1629
fair maid of France1629
meadow pink1660
Bristol Non-such1668
flower of Bristol1672
knight-cross1725
ragged robin1731
fair maid of Kent1813
flower of Jove1840
mullein pink1840
fire pink1848
sticky catchfly1908
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > buttercup and allied flowers > buttercup
butterflower1527
kingcup1538
crow-flower1597
king-cob1597
gilt cup1610
pissabed1640
Goldilocks1650
craysec1652
buttercup1688
yellow cup1824
bulbous buttercup1844
goldballs1854
Meg-many-feet1878
clovewort1886
sitfast1901
1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 481 Called in English Crowe flowers, wilde Williams, marsh Gilloflowers, and Cockowe Gilloflowers.
1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iv. vii. 141 Fantastique garlands..Of Crowflowers, Nettles, Daises, and long Purples. View more context for this quotation
1806 E. Rushton Poems 56 Speckled daisies and crow flowers abounded.
a1810 R. Tannahill Gloomy Winter Sweet the crawflower's early bell Decks Gleniffer's dewy dell.
1820 J. Clare Poems Rural Life 34 From crow-flower's golden cup.
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