单词 | myosotis |
释义 | myosotisn. Originally: = mouse-ear n. Now: spec. any plant of the genus Myosotis (family Boraginaceae), comprising the forget-me-nots; (in form Myosotis) the genus itself.The plant described in quot. 1601 cannot be identified with certainty. From the late 18th cent. the term was restricted to Myosotis species.Valid publication of the genus name: Linnaeus Species Plantarum (1753) I. 131. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Compositae (composite plants) > [noun] > hawkweed or bastard hawkweed lungwortc1000 mouse-eara1300 pilosella?a1425 hawkweed1562 French lungwort1597 myosotis1601 golden mouse-ear1629 Grim the Collier1629 rattlesnake weed1651 Hieracium1664 pilosella1756 mouse-eared hawkweed1789 crepis1822 wall hawkweed1829 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > forget-me-not and allied flowers forget-me-not?1533 scorpioides1578 scorpion grass1578 scorpion-wort1578 honeywort1597 mouse-ear1597 myosotis1857 myosote1858 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxvii. xii. 285 Myosota, otherwise called Myosotis, is a smooth hearbe, shooting forth many stems from one single root. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Myosota or Myosotis, the Herb Mouse-ear, or Bloud-strange. 1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I Myosotis, Mouse-ear Chickweed. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) The broad-leaved Alpine Myosotis. 1776 W. Withering Bot. Arrangem. Veg. Great Brit. I. 110 Myosotis..mouth closed with sive convex. 1842 Illustr. London News 9 July 141/3 The blossoms of reseda, geranium, and mysotis [sic]. 1857 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. IV. 46 In the Netherlands this Myosotis is often made into a syrup. 1909 Daily Chron. 20 Mar. 7/6 The name of this variety if ‘Ruth Fischer’, and the flowers are larger than those of any other Myosotis in cultivation. 1942 W. Stevens Coll. Poems (1954) 382 It observes the effortless weather turning blue And sees the myosotis on its bush. 1978 Dumfries & Galloway Standard 21 Oct. 21/3 (advt.) Myosotis, 12 for 40p. 1994 Amateur Gardening 30 July 8/1 Thin crowding wallflowers, myosotis and other spring-blooming biennial seedlings in nursery beds. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1601 |
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