| 单词 | fool's ballocks |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfool's ballocks fool's ballocks n. now historical an orchid of, or formerly of, the genus Orchis, with reference to the form of the tubers; esp. the green-winged orchid, Anacamptis morio; cf. fool's stones n. [Compare post-classical Latin testiculus morionis (1568 or earlier).] ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > orchids > early purple orchids standengussa1400 standelworta1500 gandergoose?1550 adder's grass1551 ragwort1552 cuckoo orchis1578 fool's ballocks1578 Palma Christi1578 standergrass1578 fool's stones1597 fox-stones1597 goat's stones1597 goat stones1597 testicles1597 dead man's finger1604 long purples1604 dead man's thumb1652 man orchis1670 monkey orchisa1678 meadow orchis1753 military orchis1784 male orchis1785 ram's horn1832 lady orchis1846 dead man's hand1853 scorpion plant1866 phalaenopsid1880 walking orchid1910 soldier orchid1934 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. lvi. 222 This second kinde [of Orchis] is called..in English..Fooles Balloxe. 1920 W. E. Brenchley Weeds of Farm Land xiii. 218 Orchis morio, L.—Beldairy, bleeding willow, bull's bags, bullsegg, cuckoo, cuckoo-flower, dandy goshen, dead man's fingers, fool's ballocks, fool's stones. 2006 L. M. Adkins Wildflowers of Appalachian Trail (ed. 2) 134/2 The English variously called it [sc. orchids of the genus Orchis] ‘fool's ballocks’, ‘hares ballocks’, and ‘goat stones’. < as lemmas |
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