| 单词 | michaelmas daisy |
| 释义 | > as lemmasMichaelmas daisy Michaelmas daisy n. (a) any of various autumn-flowering North American asters, esp. Aster novi-belgii, with deep violet-blue flowers, and numerous garden asters derived from it; (b) the sea aster, Aster tripolium. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > composite flowers > other composite flowers ox-eyea1400 starwort?a1450 Jupiter's beard1567 goldenrod1568 achillea1597 blue camomile1597 blue daisy1597 cineraria1597 hog's bean1597 jackanapes on horseback1597 sea-starwort1597 sultan flower1629 mouse-ear1696 aster1706 Canada goldenrod1731 ageratum1737 rudbeckia1751 coreopsis1753 melampodium1754 Aaron's rod1760 zinnia1761 Michaelmas daisy1767 China aster1785 New England aster1785 catananche1798 sea-aster1812 cosmea1813 cosmos1813 gazania1813 erigeron1815 gousblom1822 Christmas daisy1829 rhodanthe1834 tassel-flower1836 ligularia1839 old maid1839 mountain daisy1848 purple coneflower1848 acroclinium1852 sea ox-eye1856 thimble-weed1860 helipterum1862 treasure-flower1866 Swan River daisy1873 blanket flower1879 cone-flower1879 blue marguerite1882 Solidago1883 yellow-top1887 Gaillardia1888 gerbera1889 youth and old age1889 pussytoes1892 niggerhead1893 Transvaal daisy1899 Barberton daisy1906 onion grass1909 ursinia1928 Cupid's dart1930 Livingstone daisy1932 1767 J. Abercrombie Every Man his Own Gardener 120 The sorts which will yet succeed are, golden rods, Michaelmas daisies, perennial asters, and perennial sun-flower. 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xxvi. 394 Many [Asters] as confounded under the vulgar title of Michaelmas Daisies. 1850 S. F. Cooper Rural Hours 105 Michaelmas daisies of several kinds, perhaps the coptis, or gold-thread, and three or four ferns. 1867 Catholic World Feb. 626/1 Then also the Michaelmas daisy, or sea-starwort, opens its pale lilac petals. 1913 C. Mackenzie Sinister St. I. i. vi. 87 All along the paths were masses of flowers,..early Michaelmas daisies and Japanese anemones. 1993 C. Shields Stone Diaries ii. 49 These deep blue asters, or Michaelmas daisies as they were frequently called. 2014 J. Eastman Wildflowers Eastern U.S. 9/1 Various species [of aster] were named Michaelmas daisies because they flowered around St. Michaelmas [sic] day, September 29. < as lemmas |
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