英语词汇“pretty nancy”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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pretty Nancy

pretty Nancy n. [compare earlier nancy-pretty n.] British regional †(a) either of the saxifrages Saifraga × urbium or S. umbrosa (obsolete); (b) Greater stitchwort, Stellaria holostea (family Caryophyllaceae), a white-flowered plant commonly found in hedgerows.

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1876 Hardwicke's Sci.-gossip 12 39/2 Saxifraga umbrosa is changed from ‘None-so-pretty’ to ‘Pretty Nancy’ [in the Kelso area].

1886 J. Britten & R. Holland Dict. Eng. Plant-names Pretty Nancy, Saxifraga umbrosa.

1932 R. Fisher Eng. Plant Names 248 Pretty Nancy—Greater Stitchwort.

1955 G. Grigson Englishman's Flora 90 Greater Stitchwort... Local names... Nancy, also Pretty Nancy and Sweet Nance, Som[erset].

extracted from prettyadj.n.int.

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单词	pretty nancy
释义	> as lemmas pretty Nancy pretty Nancy n. [compare earlier nancy-pretty n.] British regional †(a) either of the saxifrages Saifraga × urbium or S. umbrosa (obsolete); (b) Greater stitchwort, Stellaria holostea (family Caryophyllaceae), a white-flowered plant commonly found in hedgerows. ΚΠ 1876 Hardwicke's Sci.-gossip 12 39/2 Saxifraga umbrosa is changed from ‘None-so-pretty’ to ‘Pretty Nancy’ [in the Kelso area]. 1886 J. Britten & R. Holland Dict. Eng. Plant-names Pretty Nancy, Saxifraga umbrosa. 1932 R. Fisher Eng. Plant Names 248 Pretty Nancy—Greater Stitchwort. 1955 G. Grigson Englishman's Flora 90 Greater Stitchwort... Local names... Nancy, also Pretty Nancy and Sweet Nance, Som[erset]. extracted from prettyadj.n.int. < as lemmas
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