单词 | pretty-betty |
释义 | > as lemmaspretty-Betty pretty-Betty n. English regional †(a) an early-flowering variety of tulip (obsolete); (b) = pretty Betsy n.; (c) = pretty Nancy n. (a). ΚΠ 1757 J. Hill Eden 32 There is great pleasure in seeing early tulips... The nonsuch, and the winter duke.., the morillon, and the pretty betty..will come very early, if rightly managed. 1887 W. D. Parish & W. F. Shaw Dict. Kentish Dial. Pretty Betty, flowering Valeriana rubra. 1888 F. A. Lees Flora W. Yorks. Add. 789 Centranthus ruber... ‘Pretty Betty’ is the local name in South Yorkshire. 1893 J. Salisbury Gloss. Words S.E. Worcs. Pretty-Betty, a flower, also called London Pride. < as lemmas |
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