| 单词 | quaker ladies |
| 释义 | > as lemmasQuaker ladies Quaker ladies n. U.S. the North American plant bluets, Houstonia caerulea; (also) its delicate pale blue flowers. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > woodruff > allied flowers woodruff1597 squinancy-wort1713 houstonia1764 quinsy wort1799 Venus's pride1845 bouvardia1846 Quaker ladies1871 1871 Scribner's Monthly 2 102 In yonder woods, where hepatica, and May-blossoms, and Quaker-ladies twinkle into life. 1946 D. C. Peattie Road of Naturalist (U.K. ed.) v. 58 There are bluets around Stonybrook in Jersey..called also ‘innocence’ and ‘Quaker ladies’. 1990 D. Kline Great Possessions (1993) ii. 68 There were also bluets... Also called quaker ladies and innocence by some, they are very pretty. < as lemmas |
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