单词 | fairy purse |
释义 | > as lemmasfairy purse fairy purse n. English regional (chiefly Lincolnshire) = bird's nest fungus n. at bird's nest n. Compounds 3. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > fungi > [noun] > of unspecified or unidentified type urchin mushroom?1711 oak leather1724 raven's eye1822 fairy purse1877 1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. Fairy-purses, a kind of fungus..something like a cup, or old-fashioned purse. 1883 H. Friend Flowers & Flower Lore i. 34 In Lincolnshire we find that a kind of fungus like a cup or old-fashioned purse with small objects inside is called a Fairy purse. 1929 M. McKenny Mushrooms of Field & Wood 4 In England the country people still call the Bird's Nest Fungus, Fairy Purse, and the scarlet and orange Cup Fungi, Elves' Cups and Fairies' Baths. < as lemmas |
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