单词 | olorina |
释义 | † olorinan. Obsolete. rare. = olour n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > aquatic, marsh, and sea-shore plants > [noun] > unspecified or unidentified plants bildersc1425 bladdera1500 olourc1540 bellrags1548 laver1562 sion1562 olorina1596 water wall1607 strumblowes1624 sea-ear1668 sea-berry1711 sea-froth1725 slawk1824 flannel-weed1893 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 45 Moray hes a freshe water loch called Spynie, that mekle abundes in Swanis, in quhilke loch is a certane herb verie rare and sindle to be found, in quhilke because the Swan hes sa gret delyte, we cal the herbe olorine (because the swan in latin is olor) [1578 28: Herba quædam rara..qua quòd olores impensè delectantur, Olorinam eam dicimus]. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 150 The Loch of Spinie, near Elgin, is remarkable for its number of swans and cygnets..owing, as some think, to the plant olorina, which grows in its waters, with a straight stalk and a cluster of seeds at the top. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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