| 单词 | ladies' delight |
| 释义 | > as lemmasladies' delight ladies' delight n. now chiefly historical heartsease, Viola tricolor. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > pea flowers > violet and allied flowers > violet apple leafa1200 violetc1330 violac1430 March violet1568 blue violet1656 sweet-scented violet1731 Canada violet1771 ladies' delight1809 dame's rocket1866 1809 Monthly Anthol. & Boston Rev. May 302 True, said the Violet, my flower is not so large as yours..but I am not less beloved by the shepherds; they call me by many names, and all expressive of attachment; sometimes Ladies Delight, and Hearts Ease. 1860 O. W. Holmes Elsie Venner (1861) v. 46 Flower-de-luces, and lady's-delights. 1905 Geogr. Jrnl. 25 38 Many old morains were studded..with pansies and with the small flowers of the same genus whose old-fashioned name is ‘ladies' delight’. 2007 Newsday (N.Y.) (Nexis) 15 Apr. g8 What matters most is that they've [sc. pansies] been knocking people out for centuries. Their nicknames include..heartsease.., ladies' delight and kiss-me-at-the-garden-gate. < as lemmas |
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