mourning widown.

Brit.

/ˌmɔːnɪŋ ˈwɪdəʊ/, U.S.

/ˌmɔrnɪŋ ˈwɪdoʊ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mourning adj., widow n.

Etymology: < mourning adj. + widow n.

†1. The white-banded carpet, Spargania luctuata, a European geometrid moth whose dark brown forewings have a transverse white band. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1809 A. H. Haworth Lepidoptera Britannica ii. 279 Mourning Widow.

1829 J. F. Stephens Systematic Catal. Brit. Insects ii. 116 Ge[ometra] luctuaria: mourning Widow.

1891 Cent. Dict. at Widow A European geometrid moth, Cidaria luctuata, more fully called mourning widow.

2. Either of two plants with deep purple flowers, both native to Europe and cultivated elsewhere: (a) dusky cranesbill, Geranium phaeum, of central Europe; †(b) sweet scabious, Scabiosa atropurpurea, of southern Europe (also called mourning bride) (obsolete rare).

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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] > geranium and allied flowers > allied flowers

herb Roberta1300

stick pile?a1450

culverfootc1450

devil's needlea1500

crane's-bill1548

dove's-foot1548

geranium1548

shepherd's needle1562

bloodroot1578

Gratia Dei1578

sanguine root1578

pigeon's-foot1597

Roman cranesbill1648

robin1694

redshanka1722

musk1728

ragged Robert1734

pigeon-foot1736

rose geranium1773

mountain flowera1787

wood cranesbill1796

peppermint-scented geranium1823

stork's bill1824

wild geranium1840

musk geranium1845

pin grass1847

Robert1847

stinking crane's bill1857

mourning widow1866

pinweed1876

ivy-leaved pelargonium1887

ivy-geranium1894

regal1894

peppermint geranium1922

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. Mourning widow. Geranium phæum.

1890 Cent. Dict. Mourning-widow, same as mourning-bride.

1896 Bot. Gaz. 22 484 Scabiosa atropurpurea, L., mourning bride, mourning widow.

1956 Dict. Gardening (Royal Hort. Soc.) (ed. 2) II. 884/2 G. phaeum. Mourning Widow. About 2 ft. h., erect, stem short-haired, glandular above.

1989 C. Brickell Gardeners' Encycl. Plants & Flowers 197/5 (caption) Geranium phaeum (Mourning widow). Clump-forming perennial with lobed, soft green leaves and maroon-purple flowers.

†3. A widowbird or whydah of the genus Euplectes. Obsolete. rare.

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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > family Ploceidae > [noun] > subfamily Viduinae (whydah)

widow1747

widowbird1765

whydah1781

widowfinch1831

mourning widow1869

1869–73 T. R. Jones tr. A. E. Brehm Cassell's Bk. Birds I. 179 The Mourning Widows (Coliuspasser).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mourning widow
释义	mourning widown. Brit. /ˌmɔːnɪŋ ˈwɪdəʊ/, U.S. /ˌmɔrnɪŋ ˈwɪdoʊ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mourning adj., widow n. Etymology: < mourning adj. + widow n. †1. The white-banded carpet, Spargania luctuata, a European geometrid moth whose dark brown forewings have a transverse white band. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1809 A. H. Haworth Lepidoptera Britannica ii. 279 Mourning Widow. 1829 J. F. Stephens Systematic Catal. Brit. Insects ii. 116 Ge[ometra] luctuaria: mourning Widow. 1891 Cent. Dict. at Widow A European geometrid moth, Cidaria luctuata, more fully called mourning widow. 2. Either of two plants with deep purple flowers, both native to Europe and cultivated elsewhere: (a) dusky cranesbill, Geranium phaeum, of central Europe; †(b) sweet scabious, Scabiosa atropurpurea, of southern Europe (also called mourning bride) (obsolete rare). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > geranium and allied flowers > allied flowers herb Roberta1300 stick pile?a1450 culverfootc1450 devil's needlea1500 crane's-bill1548 dove's-foot1548 geranium1548 shepherd's needle1562 bloodroot1578 Gratia Dei1578 sanguine root1578 pigeon's-foot1597 Roman cranesbill1648 robin1694 redshanka1722 musk1728 ragged Robert1734 pigeon-foot1736 rose geranium1773 mountain flowera1787 wood cranesbill1796 peppermint-scented geranium1823 stork's bill1824 wild geranium1840 musk geranium1845 pin grass1847 Robert1847 stinking crane's bill1857 mourning widow1866 pinweed1876 ivy-leaved pelargonium1887 ivy-geranium1894 regal1894 peppermint geranium1922 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. Mourning widow. Geranium phæum. 1890 Cent. Dict. Mourning-widow, same as mourning-bride. 1896 Bot. Gaz. 22 484 Scabiosa atropurpurea, L., mourning bride, mourning widow. 1956 Dict. Gardening (Royal Hort. Soc.) (ed. 2) II. 884/2 G. phaeum. Mourning Widow. About 2 ft. h., erect, stem short-haired, glandular above. 1989 C. Brickell Gardeners' Encycl. Plants & Flowers 197/5 (caption) Geranium phaeum (Mourning widow). Clump-forming perennial with lobed, soft green leaves and maroon-purple flowers. †3. A widowbird or whydah of the genus Euplectes. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > family Ploceidae > [noun] > subfamily Viduinae (whydah) widow1747 widowbird1765 whydah1781 widowfinch1831 mourning widow1869 1869–73 T. R. Jones tr. A. E. Brehm Cassell's Bk. Birds I. 179 The Mourning Widows (Coliuspasser). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1809
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