单词 | poor man's torment |
释义 | > as lemmaspoor man's torment poor man's torment n. U.S. rare a garden weed, (perhaps) yellow toadflax, Linaria vulgaris. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > foxglove and allied flowers > snapdragon calves'-snout1548 antirrhinum1551 snapdragon1573 lion's snap1597 lion's mouth1706 frog's mouth1754 dog's mouth1824 toad's mouth1839 Bunny Mouth1846 dragon's-mouth1857 bulldogs1861 poor man's torment1899 1899 W. Stevens Jrnl. 17 July in Lett. (1967) 28 Snap-dragon, or as it is vulgarly known: the weed—‘poor man's torment’ is a close-knit, yellow, tumbled sort of thing. < as lemmas |
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