| 单词 | fairy glove |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfairy glove fairy glove n. (also fairies' glove, fairy's glove) the foxglove, Digitalis purpurea, or its flowers. [Apparently after Welsh menig ellyllon, lit. ‘gloves of the fairies’ (16th cent. as menig yr ellyllon).] ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > foxglove and allied flowers > foxglove foxglovec1000 London button1552 wine-pot herb1552 finger1562 finger flower1562 lady's glove1575 foxter1623 fox-finger1657 fox1684 bloody finger1789 witch bell1808 fairy fingers1811 fairy thimble1813 dead men's bells1818 witches' thimbles1820 fairy bells1821 fairy glove1841 flap-dock1846 cow-flop1847 pop-glove1847 lady's thimble1853 Scotch mercury1853 poppy1856 fairy petticoats1864 finger root1870 fairy weed1871 pop-dock1878 witches' bells1884 1839 H. M. Owen Mem. in Wks. Mrs Hemans (1840) I. 85 Its pretty Welsh name, Menyg Ellyllon, fairies' gloves, from which some learned authorities have traced its common appellation as a corruption of folk's glove.] 1841 F. S. Osgood Poetry of Flowers 260 Fairy's Glove, or Foxglove. 1866 J. Cundall Every-day Bk. Nat. Hist. 284 It derives its name from the resemblance the blossom bears to a glove; it seems to have been known of old as ‘folks' gloves’—that is, fairy gloves. 1870 E. S. Rand 75 Pop. Flowers 86 Common Names. Foxglove, Fairies' glove. 1920 Homeopathic Recorder July 293 Digitalis purpurea, Fox glove or Fairy glove, is a biennial plant, growing wild in central and southern Europe. 2010 J. McVicar Grow Herbs 113 (caption) Digitalis purpurea. Foxglove, fairy gloves. A hardy biennial. < as lemmas |
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