单词 | dandelion |
释义 | dandelionn. 1. A well-known Composite plant ( Taraxacum Dens-leonis or Leontodon Taraxacum), abundant in meadows and waste ground throughout Europe, Central and Northern Asia, and North America, with widely toothed leaves, and a large bright yellow flower upon a naked hollow stalk, succeeded by a globular head of pappose seeds; the leaves, stalk, and root contain a bitter milky juice. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > weed > [noun] > dandelion priest's crownc1300 monk's-head?c1400 dandelion1513 lion's tooth1562 pissabed1565 swine snout1596 canker1640 leontodon1807 1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid xii. Prol. 119 Seyr downis smaill on dent de lion sprang. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball v. xvi. 568 Dandelion flowreth in April and August. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball 569 The seconde kinde is called..in shoppes Dens leonis..in French Pisse-en-lict..in Englishe Dandelyon. 1655 S. Hartlib Reformed Virginian Silk-worm 31 They wil also eate the hearb called Dantedelyon. 1692 T. Tryon Good House-wife (ed. 2) xxii. 216 Our Herb called Dandelion (that is in English, Lyons Tooth, because of the similitude of its Leaf). 1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet i. 249 The Juice of the Dandelion is a Remedy in intermitting Fevers. 1805 W. Wordsworth Vaudracour & Julia A tuft of winged seed..from the dandelion's naked stalk..Driven by the autumnal whirlwind. 1872 D. Oliver Lessons Elem. Bot. (new ed.) ii. 195 In Dandelion, all the florets are..ligulate and yellow. 2. Applied, with qualifying words, to other Composites: as autumnal dandelion n. Apargia autumnalis. dwarf dandelion n. U.S. Krigia virginica. false dandelion n. ‘a branching composite of the southern United States, Pyrrhopappus Carolinianus, with dandelion-like heads’ ( Cent. Dict.). Compounds C1. General attributive. dandelion flower n. ΚΠ 1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 114 The dandelion flowers. dandelion plush n. ΚΠ 1656 J. Mennes & J. Smith King Oberon's Apparel in Musarum Deliciæ His [Oberon's] breeches..lined with dandelyon plush. dandelion seed n. ΚΠ 1883 M. E. Braddon Golden Calf vii. 83 As light and airy as that dandelion seed. dandelion wine n. ΚΠ 1906 Mrs. Beeton's Bk. Househ. Managem. (rev. ed.) xlix. 1483 Dandelion Wine..dandelion flowers..sugar..ginger..lemon..orange..yeast. 1973 B. Broadfoot Ten Lost Years xv. 179 He was laughing when he said it, with a big tumbler of dandelion wine in his hand. C2. dandelion-clock n. = clock n.1 9. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > weed > [noun] > dandelion > seed-head blow-ball1578 clock1789 dandelion-clock1876 four o'clock1883 1876 Aunt Judy's Mag. 14 628 He did not ask now why dandelion clocks go differently with different people. 1925 W. de la Mare Broomsticks 51 Buttercups and dandelion-clocks and meadow-sweet. 1950 ‘P. Woodruff’ Island of Chamba vii. 109 You could blow her away like a dandelion clock in the summer fields. dandelion coffee n. a beverage prepared from dried dandelion roots. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > coffee > [noun] > coffee substitutes rye coffee1766 pea coffee1805 dandelion coffee1852 chicory1853 Postum1895 1852 S. Moodie Roughing it in Bush II. vii. 117 I met with an account of dandelion coffee, published in the New York Albion, given by a Dr. Harrison, of Edinburgh, who earnestly recommended it as an article of general use. 1886 Harper's Mag. Sept. 578/2 If you'd asked pleasanter, I should just as soon told you that we use dandelion coffee. 1907 Yesterday's Shopping (1969) 518/2 Schweitzer's Dandelion Coffee. dandelion greens n. U.S. fresh dandelion leaves used as a green food or herb. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > leaf vegetables > [noun] > dandelion leaves dandelion greens1887 1887 M. E. Wilkins Humble Romance 234 There were..two old women—one..searching for dandelion greens among the short young grass. 1889 R. T. Cooke Steadfast xvii. 190 Dandelion greens is better 'n a doctor. 1945 New Yorker 26 May 60 With the shad came a dish of dandelion greens in a tart sauce. 1963 New Good Housek. Cookbook 452/2 Heap chopped, cooked dandelion greens and scallions on tomato slices. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < |
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