| 单词 | mourning bride |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmourning bride mourning bride n. †(a) the snake's head fritillary, Fritillaria meleagris (obsolete); (b) sweet scabious, Scabiosa atropurpurea, with deep purple flowers, which is native to southern Europe and cultivated elsewhere. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Dipsacaceae (teasel and allies) > [noun] > scabious or devil's bit scabiousc1400 devil's-bit1526 fore-bit1597 forebitten more1597 gypsy flower1620 widow flower1789 fire-leaves1796 mourning bride1811 gypsy rose1830 mournful widow1846 starhead1852 1811 T. Jefferson Garden Book (1999) 458 We were told..that Mrs. Coles would be so kind as to spare us some bulbs of the Mourning bride. 1834 M. Howitt Sketches Nat. Hist. 145 The wild fritillary. Familiarly called the weeping widow, or the mourning bride. 1864 A. Wood Class-bk. Bot. (rev. ed.) iv. 406 S. atropurpurea..Mourning Bride. 1892 J. C. R. Dorr Poems 378 Gilly-flowers and mourning-brides, And many another flower besides. 1959 R. M. Carleton Index Common Names Herbaceous Plants 84 Mournful widow... Mourning bride: Scabiosa. 1976 Hortus Third (L. H. Bailey Hortorium) 1014 [Scabiosa] atropurpurea L. Pincushions, sweet scabious, mourning-bride. Erect ann[ual], to 2 ft. < as lemmas |
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