α. 1700s pheasant's ey'd.
β. 1700s– pheasant-eyed.
单词 | pheasant-eyed |
释义 | pheasant-eyedadj.α. 1700s pheasant's ey'd. β. 1700s– pheasant-eyed. Of a variety or species of plant: having flowers with a dark centre. Cf. pheasant's eye n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > flower or flowering plant > [adjective] > having flowers or blossom > with specific colouring or marking blue-flowered1597 red-flowered1629 blue-mantleda1650 rectified1665 well-broke1687 guarded1688 run1725 broken1731 pheasant-eyed1731 red-flowering1731 bizarre1753 run-off1810 unveined1826 self1833 limbate1866 chloranthous1871 albiflorous1879 laced1882 1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Caryophillus The Damask Pink,..Pheasant's ey'd Pink. 1754 Catal. Seeds in Family Rose Kilravock (Spalding Club) 428 Annuals to be sowed in the open ground in the spring..Columbine. Sea ragwort. Pheasant-eyed Pink [etc.]. 1899 Daily News 19 May 5/2 The..pheasant-eyed narcissus. 1907 Daily Chron. 22 Mar. 6/3 Golden daffodils, pheasant-eyed narcissus, purple violets,..rivalled each other in the competition of loveliness. 1998 Sentinel (Stoke-on -Trent) (Nexis) 28 Nov. 6 Twink..said ey'd 'ad some o' them pheasant-eyed daffodils given 'im. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1731 |
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