| 单词 | lady's bower |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslady's bower lady's bower n. [on the reason for the name, compare quots. 1696, 1838] now rare any of various kinds of clematis; esp. traveller's joy, Clematis vitalba. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > climbing, trailing, or creeping shrubs > [noun] > clematis or traveller's joy white vine?a1425 clematis1578 lady's bower1597 traveller's joy1597 virgin's bower1597 bethwine1609 honesty1640 love1640 maiden's honesty1691 lady bower1715 virgin-bower1725 old man's beard1731 bindwith1797 Robin Hood's feather1820 silver-bush1886 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 740 Ladies Bower is called..in Latine Ambuxum. 1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Ladies Bower, (Clematis), a Plant, which..is fit to make Bowers and Arbors, even for Ladies. 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. Lady's Bower, Clematis. 1838 J. C. Loudon Arboretum et fruticetum Britannicum I. iii. 232 The English name of Ladies' Bower was probably adopted from its suitableness for covering bowers. 1920 F. Darwin Springtime 103 Anyone exploring Seven Leases Lane..will travel in continuous joy, for the lady's bower converts many hundred yards of hedge into continuous beauty. < as lemmas |
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