| 单词 | crown imperial fritillary |
| 释义 | > as lemmascrown imperial fritillary 2. A large fritillary of south-west Asia, Fritillaria imperialis (family Liliaceae), bearing a ring of red, orange, or yellow flowers hanging below a terminal leafy tuft, and widely grown as an ornamental plant. Also crown imperial fritillary. 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 > fritillary Fritillaria1578 crown imperial1595 chequered daffodil1597 guinea-hen flower1597 Persian lily1597 fritillary1633 imperial crown1664 drooping tulip1759 snake's head1859 snake-head1884 snake's-head lily1899 1595 G. Chapman Ouids Banquet of Sence sig. B 2v Fayre Crowne-imperiall, Emperor of Flowers. a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iv. 126 Bold Oxlips, and The Crowne Imperiall . View more context for this quotation a1637 B. Jonson Pans Anniv. 36 in Wks. (1640) III Bright Crowne-imperiall, Kings-speare, Holy-hocks. 1726 B. Townsend Compl. Seedsman 82 Crown Imperial, all sorts. 1773 J. Abercrombie Every Man his Own Gardener (ed. 6) 338 This is still a proper time to remove crown imperial roots. 1817 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. II. xx. 180 The conspicuous white nectaries of the crown imperial. 1878 R. Thompson Gardener's Assistant 764 The crown imperial being a strong grower, needs to be planted in a deep rich loam. 1907 Garden 7 Sept. 427/3 Crown Imperials provide height as well as rich hues at an early season. 1990 D. Attenborough Trials of Life iii. 62 In Europe, blue tits collect it from the crown imperial fritillary, the only European plant known to be pollinated by a bird. 2004 S. Bales Down-to-earth Gardener 62 The fact that the crown imperial bulb and its flowers smell like rotting meat doesn't deter me from planting it or picking a few blossoms for the house. < as lemmas |
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