单词 | autumn bell flower |
释义 | > as lemmasautumn bell flower autumn bell flower n. now chiefly historical (originally) marsh gentian, Gentiana pneumonanthe; (in later use) any gentian that flowers in late summer and early autumn.In quot. 1672: probably the soapwort gentian, G. saponaria. In quot. 1978: the Japanese G. makinoi. ΚΠ 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 355 Calathian Violet..is called..in English Autumne bell flowers. 1672 J. Josselyn New-Englands Rarities 43 Autumn Bell Flower. 1710 W. Salmon Eng. Herbal i. cccxii. 414/2 (heading) Small Autumn Gentian, Calathian Violet, or Autumn Bell Flower. 1862 Proc. Essex (Mass.) Inst. 1856–60 2 96 Autumn Bell Flower. Here we have our autumnal fringed gentians, Gentiana crinita. 1978 tr. in Monumenta Nipponica 33 268/2 (note) Gentian or autumn bell flower. < as lemmas |
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