| 单词 | pedlar's basket |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspedlar's basket pedlar's basket n. British regional †(a) ivy-leaved toadflax, Cymbalaria muralis (obsolete); (b) mother of thousands, Saxifraga stolonifera. ΚΠ 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Pedlar's Basket, Ivy leaved snap-dragon. 1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. at Pedlar's-basket To the gay appearance of this plant [sc. Saxifraga sarmentosa = S. stolonifera]—its leaves lined with red, its flower-stalks streaming like ribands—the appellation of Pedlar's-basket is doubtless due. 1917 M. Webb Spring of Joy iii. 72 In summer, the Pedlar's-basket—a saxifrage—shows her gay wares and ribands of red stalk. 1955 G. Grigson Englishman's Flora 297 Pedlar's basket, Som, Ches, Derb, Lancs [Local names for ivy-leaved toadflax, Cymbalaria muralis]. < as lemmas |
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