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单词 morillion
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morillionn.

Forms: 1700s morillion, 1700s morillon.
Origin: Apparently a borrowing from Dutch. Etymon: Dutch morillon.
Etymology: Apparently < Dutch morillon (1700 in the passage translated in quot. 1703, although probably earlier); further etymology uncertain: perhaps ultimately < French morillon morillon n.1, although the reason for the name is unclear; the form morillion might perhaps instead suggest a connection with Dutch †moriljon , †morlioen , †morlion helmet (not attested after the 17th cent.) < French morion morion n.1
Obsolete.
A kind of tulip with striped red and yellow flowers.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > lily and allied flowers > tulip
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parrot tulip?1786
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a1678 T. Hanmer Garden Bk. (1933) 19 Soe many new sorts of Tulipes have beene rais'd of late yeares... Of Crimsons we have the Generall of Holland, Dorothy of Holland, [etc.]... Of Scarletts, Carnations and Pinkes Mahomet, Morillion Chirar, [etc.].
1703 tr. H. van Oosten Dutch Gardener iii. ii. 154 The second sort of striped ones [sc. tulips] are called Morillon, the Flower whereof has but two Colours; and of them there are also two sorts, whereof the last is called Morillony, being much finer than the Morillon, and their Stripes are neater cut.
1721 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (ed. 5) II. 241 Morillion of Antwerp, a pale Scarlet and pale Yellow.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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