| 单词 | finger root |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfinger root finger root n. English regional the foxglove, Digitalis purpurea (cf. finger flower n.). [With the author's query in quot. 1870 compare German Fingerhut , the standard name for the foxglove, transferred use of the word for ‘thimble’, lit. ‘finger-hat’ (15th cent: see digitalis n.).] 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 1870 J. Britten in Sci.-gossip Apr. 91/1 I am informed that the plant is still, in Sussex, called Finger-root (Fingerhut?) 1935 Sussex County Mag. June 388/1 Thus we find Bird's-eye (Procumbent Pearlwort, Sagina procumbens), a name also applied to the Germander Speedwell; Lion's-mouth, Dragon's-mouth or Finger-root (Foxglove, Digitalis purpurea); and Pheasant's-feather (Saxifraga umbrosa). 1955 G. Grigson Englishman's Flora 300 [Local names for the foxglove] finger cap, Som; finger hut, Dev; finger root, Suss, War; fingers, fingers and thumbs, Som. < as lemmas |
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