| 单词 | dusty miller |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdusty miller dusty miller n. (a) a popular name of the auricula ( Primula auricula), from the fine powder on the leaves and flowers; also of Senecio cineraria and Cerastium tomentosum; (b) a kind of artificial fly used in angling; (c) any of several noctuid moths with speckled markings on their wings (U.S.). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > primrose and allied flowers > primrose or auricula primrosea1425 primula1526 petty mullein1578 bear's ear1597 bear's ear sanicle1597 bird's eye1597 mountain cowslip1597 rock rose1597 French cowslip1629 auricula1655 polyanthusa1678 polyanth1757 Scotch primrose1777 plumrose1787 plumrock1789 bird's eye primrose1796 Chinese primrose1825 dusty miller1825 Jack-in-the-box1850 Jack in the green1875 polyanthus primrose1882 boar's-ears- 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Dustie-miller, the plant Auricola. 1872 F. Francis Bk. Angling (ed. 3) x. 343 Add to the minnick flies for a low bright water..the ‘Dusty Miller’. 1888 Chambers's Encycl. I. 581 The auricula has..the popular name in Scotland of ‘Dusty Miller’. 1909 G. Stratton-Porter Girl of Limberlost xii. 243 Small insects of night gathered, and at last a little dusty miller, but nothing came of any size. < as lemmas |
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