| 单词 | granny's nightcap |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgranny's nightcap granny's nightcap n. regional any of several herbaceous plants whose flowers were thought to resemble traditional women's nightcaps, esp. a wood anemone ( Anemone nemorosa), a bindweed (genus Convolvulus), and the common columbine ( Aquilegia vulgaris). ΚΠ 1863 Phytologist New Ser. 6 416 The Caltha palustris is called ‘May-blobs’ by the children who gather the flower in the meadows near Warwick; they also call the Wood Anemone (A. nemorosa) ‘Granny's Nightcap’. 1892 C. M. Yonge Old Woman's Outlook 119 The odd red-calyxed Geum rivale, called by the village children Granny's nightcaps. 1893 G. E. Dartnell & E. H. Goddard Gloss. Words Wilts. 69 Granny (or Granny's) Nightcap, (1) Anemone nemorosa,..Wood Anemone..(2) Aquilegia vulgaris,..Common Columbine..(3) Convolvulus sepium,..Great Bindweed..(4) Convolvulus arvensis,..Field Bindweed. 1905 Country Life 4 Nov. 645 Convolvulus sepium..is a favourite with children, who give it such odd names as ‘Granny's nightcap’ and ‘Lady's nightcap’. 1958 Gardeners Chron. 17 May 361/1 Aquilegia vulgaris, the common granny's nightcap, we have been obliged to banish to the wild garden. 1984 C. Loughmiller & L. Loughmiller Texas Wildflowers 203/2 (heading) Anemone decapetala Southern Anemone (Windflower, Granny's Nightcap). 2012 M. Draco Trad. Witchcraft Woods & Forests iv. 92 White swathes of wood anemones are found covering the woodland floor before the trees come into leaf. Also known as granny's nightcap and wind-flower. < as lemmas |
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