单词 | marsh gentian |
释义 | > as lemmasmarsh gentian marsh gentian n. (a) a Eurasian gentian of damp heaths, Gentiana pneumonanthe (rare and decreasing in Britain), which has large deep blue flowers striped green on the outside (also called Calathian violet); (also) any of several related gentians of the United States, esp. striped gentian, Gentiana villosa, and soapwort, G. saponaria; †(b) = marsh felwort n. (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Gentianaceae (gentians) > [noun] gentianOE fieldwooda1393 baldmoney1393 caresweeta1400 felwort1526 calathian violet1578 crosswort gentian1578 harvest-bell1597 gentianella1633 blue violet1649 marsh gentian1690 vernal gentian1728 pennywort1817 meadow pink1827 soap-gentian1845 soapwort gentian1845 autumn-bells1863 windflower1866 willow gentian1883 1690 J. Ray Synopsis Methodica Stirpium Brit. 102 Gentiana palustris angustifolia C.B... Marsh Gentian or Calathian Violet. 1762 W. Hudson Flora Anglica 87 Swertia..perennis..Marsh Gentian. 1833 A. Eaton Man. Bot. (ed. 6) ii. 154 Gentiana..ochroleuca..marsh gentian. 1871 R. Deakin Flora Tunbridge Wells 211/2 G[entiana] Pneumonanthe, Linn. Marsh Gentian... On Waterdown, Broadwater, Frant, and Ashdown Forests, &c. 1900 A. B. Lyons Plant Names 171 G. saponaria... Marsh or rough gentian. 1900 A. B. Lyons Plant Names 171 G. villosa... Straw colored or marsh gentian. 1988 Nat. World Spring 19/1 He was sorry to see the scarce marsh gentian being sent to exchange clubs. < as lemmas |
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