单词 | green man orchis |
释义 | green man orchisn. Now rare. = man orchid n. Cf. green man n. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > orchids satyrionOE bollockwort?a1300 sanicle14.. bollock?a1425 martagon1548 orchis1559 dogstones1562 hare's-ballocks1562 stone1562 bollock grass1578 dog's cods1578 dog's cullions1578 double-leaf1578 fly-orchis1578 goat's cullions1578 goat's orchis1578 priest's pintle1578 twayblade1578 bee-orchis1597 bifoil1597 bird's nest1597 bird's orchis1597 butterfly orchis1597 fenny-stones1597 gelded satyrion1597 gnat satyrion1597 humble-bee orchis1597 lady's slipper1597 sweet ballocks1597 two-blade1605 cullions1611 bee-flower1626 fly-flower1640 man orchis1670 musk orchis1670 moccasin flower1680 gnat-flower1688 faham tea1728 Ophrys1754 green man orchis1762 Arethusa1764 honey flower1771 cypripedium1775 rattlesnake plantain1778 Venus's slipper1785 Adam and Eve1789 lizard orchis179. epidendrum1791 Pogonia?1801 Vanda1801 cymbidium1815 Oncidium1822 putty-root1822 Noah's Ark1826 yellow moccasin1826 gongora1827 cattleya1828 green man1828 nervine1828 stanhopea1829 dove-flower1831 catasetum1836 Odontoglossum1836 Miltonia1837 letter plant1838 spread eagle1838 letter-leaf1839 swan-plant1841 orchid1843 disa1844 masdevallia1845 Phalaenopsis1846 faham1850 Indian crocus1850 moccasin plant1850 pleione1851 dove orchis1852 nerve root1854 Holy Ghost flower1862 basket-plant1865 lizard's tongue1866 mousetail1866 Sobralia1866 swan-neck1866 swanwort1866 Indian shoe1876 odontoglot1879 wreathewort1879 moth orchid1880 rattlesnake orchid1881 dendrobe1882 dove-plant1882 Madeira orchis1882 man orchis1882 swan-flower1884 slipper-orchid1885 slipper orchis1889 mayflower1894 scorpion orchid1897 moederkappie1910 dove orchid1918 monkey orchid1925 man orchid1927 1762 W. Hudson Flora Anglica 340 Green Man Orchis. 1776 W. Withering Bot. Arrangem. Veg. Great Brit. II. 549 Orchis Anthropophora... Green Man Orchis. Chalky and gravelly soils. 1784 J. Cullum Hist. & Antiq. Hawsted in Bibliotheca Topographica Britannica No. 23. i. 4 Green Man-orchis (Ophrys Anthropophora) on dry grassy banks. 1829 J. Lindley Synopsis Brit. Flora 262 A. anthropophora R. Br. Green man-orchis. 1889 C. Peters Girl's Own Outdoor Bk. 365 One is called the ‘green man orchis’, and is supposed to represent a little green man with his head hidden in a flower. 1907 Country-side 29 June 116/2 ‘The man orchis’, or ‘green man orchis’—Aceras anthropophora—with yellowish-green flowers, which sometimes have margins of red. 1929 E. Step Wayside & Woodland Blossoms 3rd ser. III. 108 Green-Man Orchis (Aceras anthropophora). 1940 Papers & Proc. Hampshire Field Club & Archaeol. Soc. 14 89 On the roadside up the hill and in the pastures nearby, many were delighted at the large numbers of the Green Man Orchis. 1988 Marshall Cavendish Encycl. Plants & Earth Sci. I. 9/1 Aceras a genus represented by only one species. A. anthropophorum [Man Orchid, Green Man Orchis], occurring in Europe, North Africa and Cyprus. Its common name is a reference to the shape of the flower, which is considered to simulate the shape of a man's body. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1762 |
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