| 单词 | dog-thorn |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdog-thorn dog-thorn n. (also †dog's-thorn) now historical and rare a wild rose, esp. the dog rose, Rosa canina; cf. dog rose n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > thorn-tree or -bush > brier or wild rose-bush > [noun] brierc1000 eglaterea1400 eglantinec1400 hound's thornc1420 dogberry1527 dog-briar1530 sweet-briar1538 brier-bush1562 dog bramble1567 canker1582 dog rose1597 canker rose1606 dog-thorn1694 cynorrhodon1706 bramble-rose1713 Scotch rose1731 white dog rose1770 brier-rose1810 bull-brier1860 missionary1881 burnet-rose1884 1694 W. Westmacott Θεολοβοτονολογια 29 There is a confusion of names in botanical authours about Brambles, Briars..Dog-thorn, &c. 1707 tr. Plutarch Morals 160 What is the Wooden Dog among the Locrians?.. The Dog-thorn, which Locrus..was prick'd with. and sorely pain'd with it. 1846 A. Pratt Wild Flowers of Year vi. 129 It [sc. the wilding rose] was called dog's rose and dog's thorn, because dogs are said to eat the hips. 1952 Greece & Rome 21 62 Dog-thorn (Rosa sempervirens). < as lemmas |
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