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单词 live forever
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live forevern.

Brit. /ˌlɪv fərˈɛvə/, U.S. /ˌlɪv fəˈrɛvər/
Forms:

α. 1500s– live forever.

β. 1700s–1800s live ever.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: live v.1, for prep., ever adv.
Etymology: In α. forms < live v.1 + for prep. + ever adv.; compare forever adv. In β. forms < live v.1 + ever adv. The plants are so named on account of the ease with which their flowers can be preserved (so in sense 1) or on account of their longevity (so in sense 2). Compare earlier livelong n. and (with sense 1) later everlasting n. 2.
1. Any of several plants belonging to the family Asteraceae ( Compositae) having flowers which retain their shape and colour when dried; esp. cudweed (genus Gnaphalium), and the pearly everlasting, Anaphalis margaritacea. Cf. everlasting adj. 3b. Now rare.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Compositae (composite plants) > [noun] > cudweeds
horewortc1400
chafeweed1548
chafewort1548
cudweed1548
cudwort1548
cartafilago1551
cottonweed1562
downweed1562
petty cotton1578
small cotton1578
file-wort1597
live forever1597
livelong1597
life-everlasting1629
white plantain1687
petty coy1736
cat's-foot1739
owl's crown1787
1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 517 It [sc. the flower of a kind of cottonweed]..may be kept..by the space of a whole yeere..wherefore our English women haue called it Liue long, or Liue for euer.
1674 J. Josselyn Acct. Two Voy. 77 Live for ever, it is a kind of cudweed, flourisheth all summer long till cold weather comes in.
1716 Philos. Trans. 1714–16 (Royal Soc.) 29 355 Round Saddle-leaved Cape Live-ever. Elichrysum Capense.
1862 Proc. Essex (Mass.) Inst. 1856–60 2 105 Live Forever, a kind of Cudweed, Antennaria margaritacea.
1959 R. M. Carleton Index Common Names Herbaceous Plants 76 Live-forever: Gnaphalium.
2. Any of numerous succulent plants of the family Crassulaceae, esp. ones included or formerly included in the genus Sedum. Cf. livelong n. 1.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Crassulaceae (stonecrop and allies) > [noun] > stonecrop
sengreenc1000
stonecropc1000
orpine?a1300
orval?a1300
mouse grassc1300
stonehorea1400
Crassulac1400
sedumc1440
thrift1538
prick-madam1542
mousetail1548
livelong1578
wall pepper1578
worm-grass1578
country pepper1597
jack of the buttery1597
pricket1597
stone-pepper1597
trick-madam1600
trip-madam1693
midsummer mena1697
rosewort1725
roseroot1731
live forever1760
ice plant1818
wall moss1855
Jacka1876
wall grass1882
thick-leaf1884
1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 317 Live-ever, Sedum.
1763 J. Wheeler Botanist's & Gardener's New Dict. 290 Liveever, Crassula.
1778 J. Abercrombie Universal Gardener & Botanist at Sempervivum Live-ever, or House-leek.
1852 Cultivator July 244/1 It is well known that a branch of live-forever, (Sedum telephium) if fastened to a dry, hard wall, will grow an entire season.
1857 I. F. Holton New Granada xvi. 218 I will just mention one more, which closely resembles our common house-leek or live-forever. I suppose it to be a Sedum bicolor.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 689/2 Livelong or Live-for-ever, Sedum Telephium.
1935 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 22 553 Sedum triphyllum... Live-forever, Orpine.
1968 Kingsport (Tennessee) Times 1 Nov. 7/2 A sedum called ‘live forever’..is attractive the entire spring, summer, and fall.
2001 J. L. Capinera Handbk. Veg. Pests 314/2 The overwintering, or primary, host in cold climates was thought to be limited to live forever, Sedum purpureum.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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