| 单词 | lent rose |
| 释义 | > as lemmasLent rose Lent rose n. †(a) chiefly English regional a daffodil (cf. Lent lily n.), esp. one with a double flower (obsolete); (b) a hellebore, Helleborus orientalis; = Lenten rose n. at Lenten n. and adj. Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > daffodil and allied flowers > daffodil daffodilly1538 daffadowndilly1573 yellow crow-bells1578 daffodil1592 Lide-flower1609 Lide-lily1609 trumpet1705 daffy1777 Lent rose1796 chalice-flower1824 Lent lilya1825 Lenten lily1874 dilly1878 Golden Spur1886 trumpet daffodil1895 King Alfred1899 daff1915 bell-rose- 1796 W. Marshall Provincialisms W. Devonshire in Rural Econ. W. Eng. I. 328 Lent rose.., the Narcissus, or Daffodil. 1837 J. F. Palmer Gloss. in M. Palmer Dialogue Devonshire Dial. Butter-and-eggs, a species of daffodil or lent rose, Narcissus biflorus of Linnæus. 1879 S. Hibberd Familiar Garden Flowers I. 156 The conspicuous yellow stamens, which contribute so much to the beauty of the white-flowered Christmas rose, are distinct and welcome features of these new varieties of Lent roses. 1908 A. H. Church Types Floral Mechanism 118 (note) The term Lent Lily is of interest from its association with monastery gardens of the pre-Reformation era: large double forms are sometimes termed Lent-Roses. 1993 Washington Post (Nexis) 28 Jan. t16 Lent rose has small clusters of nodding bells about two inches across, with colors such as lime green, pink, dark purple and maroon, many of them speckled. < as lemmas |
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