α. 1600s my love lieth a bleeding.
β. 1600s– love lies a bleeding.
γ. 1700s– love lies bleeding.
单词 | love lies bleeding |
释义 | love lies bleedingn.α. 1600s my love lieth a bleeding. β. 1600s– love lies a bleeding. γ. 1700s– love lies bleeding. Any of several red-flowered amaranths, esp. Amaranthus caudatus, widely grown as an ornamental for its distinctive pendulous racemes of deep crimson flowers. Also: any of various other plants having red or purple flowers (regional, now rare). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > foliage, house, or garden plants > [noun] > amaranth and allied plants floramour1548 purple velvet flower1548 velvet-flower1548 Balder-herb1552 flower-gentle1561 passevelours1597 love lies bleeding1664 prince's feather1668 symphonia1728 tricolour1786 celosia1807 Joseph's coat1866 thrumwort1866 c1610 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher (title) Phylaster, or Love lies a Bleeding.] 1664 S. Blake Compl. Gardeners Pract. 57 Princes-feathers. Otherwise called, My Love lieth a bleeding. 1665 J. Rea Flora ii. ix. 185 This [Amaranthus] is..called by some Country women, Love lies a bleeding. 1727 J. Laurence New Syst. Agric. (Dublin ed.) v. vii. 304 The best of the greater sort [of Amaranth] is the large purple, that bears long Spikes of round hairy Tufts..and from its bending its Head toward the Ground, is called..Love lies a bleeding. 1785 M. Cutler in Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. 1 490 Aramanthus... Bloody Aramanthus. Love-lies-a-bleeding. 1790 J. Abercrombie Garden Vade Mecum 17 Others of a larger growth have towards the middle of the borders, as..love lies bleeding, prince's feather, &c. 1809 T. Campbell O'Connor's Child xvi And cherish, for my warrior's sake—‘The flower of love lies bleeding’. 1842 W. Wordsworth Love lies Bleeding 1 You call it ‘Love lies bleeding’,—so you may, Though the red Flower, not prostrate, only droops. 1896 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 9 181 Popular american plant-names... Dicentra spectabilis. DC., love-lies-bleeding, bleeding hearts, No. Ohio. 1929 Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci. 32 71 Amaranthus caudatus L.... Love-Lies Bleeding. 1955 G. Grigson Englishman's Flora 43 Jack in the green, Wilts; love lies bleeding , Glos. 2005 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 26 Nov. (Art section) 10 The Amaranth, also known as ‘love-lies-a-bleeding’, was a poetic, ancient Greek symbol of immortality. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1664 |
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