单词 | easter lily |
释义 | Easter lilyn. 1. a. Any of several (typically white-flowering) lilies or similar plants, esp. the Bermuda lily, Lilium longiflorum, frequently used as a cut flower for decoration at Easter. 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 > lilies lily971 lily-flower1340 martagon1440 delucea1450 red lily1531 purple lily1578 mountain lily1597 gold lily1629 Turk's cap1672 turn-cap1688 Juno's rose1706 orange lily1731 Canada lily1771 Japan lily1813 tiger-lily1824 Annunciation lily1853 Easter lily1860 golden-rayed lily1865 scarlet martagon1867 Japanese lily1870 Madonna lily1877 Bermuda lily1882 thimble lily1883 panther lily1884 triplet lily1884 turban-lily1884 Mary-lily1893 tiger1901 leopard lily1902 lilium1902 swamp lily1902 Washington lily1911 Shasta lily1915 regal lily1916 regale1920 Oregon lily1925 1860 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 493/1 [He] glanced back at his own Easter lilies and choristers. 1876 Gardener's Monthly May 136/1 The Richardia (Calla) Æthopica, which our people have learned to call ‘Calla Lily’ and ‘Easter Lily’. 1894 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 7 101 Zephyranthes Atamasco,..Easter lily. 1913 W. H. D. Meier School & Home Gardens iii. 18 Any one who has had some degree of success in cultivating bulbs may try the Bermuda lily (Lilium harrisii), generally known as the Easter lily. 1997 M. Wood Bk. Herbal Wisdom 341 Easter Lily (Lilium longiflorum) is native to China and Japan. It was introduced into Europe in 1817, as an ornamental, and is now widely propagated. 2007 R. M. Pyle Sky Time in Gray's River iv. 61 Country kids take home big bunches of soon-to-wilt ‘Easter lilies’ for their moms or grandmas. Trilliums do not respond well to picking. 2008 Central Plains Herald-Leader (Portage la Prairie, Manitoba) 22 Mar. 34 (caption) A potted Easter lily can be planted outdoors once it's done flowering. b. Chiefly North American. Any of various other spring-flowering plants, esp. the pasque flower (genus Pulsatilla, family Ranunculaceae). Now rare. ΚΠ 1882 H. Friend Gloss. Devonshire Plant Names 27 Easter Lily is another Devonshire name for Narcissus, as I ascertained personally at Topsham last year. 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Easter lily... Daffodil—Narcissus pseudo-narcissus. One of our commonest spring flowers. 1901 Bull. Illinois State Lab. Nat. Hist. 5 115 In portions of the state it [sc. Pulsatilla hirsutissima] is called Easter lily. The flowers open in March or early April. 2008 Independent 28 Feb. (Extra section) 11/5 Everyone who loves wild flowers should try to see the pasqueflower at least once. This is our ‘Easter lily’. 2. A white lily flower (or a badge depicting this), worn to commemorate Irish Republicans who were killed during the Easter Rising (Easter Rising n. 2), and later those killed during subsequent periods of conflict. ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > symbolizing > [noun] > a symbol > specific symbols > plants rose of Sharon1626 Sharon's rose1640 royal oak1759 Flanders poppy1918 palm1918 Easter lily1926 1926 Evening Herald (Dublin) 10 Nov. 3 Wear an Easter Lily for those who died fighting British Imperialism. 1949 Chicago Tribune 18 Apr. 2/3 Wearing Easter lily badges..they sang Eire's national anthem and old Irish folk-songs beneath banners displaying the slogan ‘Ireland United—No Partition’. 1978 F. Burton Politics of Legitimacy 188 The fact that the Provisional IRA Easter Lilies were pinned to their supporters' clothes whereas the Officials had theirs stuck on. 1997 D. McFerran IRA Man iii. 46 There were maybe fourscore more of us, all true republicans with paper Easter lilies and green ribbons pinned to our coats. 2007 Independent 2 Apr. 30/6 Just as we respect the British people's right to wear the poppy in memory of those killed fighting for Britain..all we ask is respect for Irish republicans to remember our dead also, by wearing the Easter lily. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1860 |
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