| 单词 | priest's crown |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspriest's crown priest's crown n. (also †priest crown) now English regional a dandelion (from the resemblance of the receptacle, after the downy seeds have dispersed, to a priest's tonsure); the receptacle of a dandelion after the seeds have dispersed; †the pappus of a dandelion (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > weed > [noun] > dandelion priest's crownc1300 monk's-head?c1400 dandelion1513 lion's tooth1562 pissabed1565 swine snout1596 canker1640 leontodon1807 c1300 in T. Hunt Plant Names Medieval Eng. (1989) 67 [Caput Monachi] anglice prestes-croune. c1440 Liber de Diversis Med. 59 (MED) Tak þe jus of soleskill & preste crown & madir, of aþer illik mekill, & drynk it fastand. ?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 99 Preyst crowne, quedam herba vel flos. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 258/2 Prestes crowne that flyeth about in somer, barbedieu. 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Also Dandelion, Priests crown, Swines snout, Monkshead or Dogs teeth. 1886 J. Britten & R. Holland Dict. Eng. Plant-names 389 Priest's crown... Because the naked receptacle, after the seeds are blown away, resembles the shaven head of a priest. 1955 G. Grigson Englishman's Flora 394 Dandelion..Priest's Crown. 1994 Chichester Observer 2 June 25 Children used to have great fun blowing the ‘clock’ of [dandelion] seeds... The bald head was called ‘the priest's crown’, the unopened bud ‘the swine's snout’. < as lemmas |
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