| 单词 | queen of the meadow |
| 释义 | > as lemmasqueen of the meadow queen of the meadow n. (also queen of the meadows) [compare post-classical Latin regina prati (from 14th cent. in British sources), Anglo-Norman reine de prie (14th cent.), French reine des prés (1655); compare also in this sense post-classical Latin regina , Anglo-Norman reine (see quot. a1300 at meadwort n. 1)] (a) meadowsweet, Filipendula ulmaria; (U.S. also) any of several plants of the related genus Spiraea; (b) U.S. joe-pye weed, Eupatorium purpureum. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > rosaceous plants > [noun] > meadow-sweet or dropwort meadworteOE meadsweeta1400 bridewort?a1450 meadowsweet1530 filipendula1548 goat's beard?1550 dropwort1597 queen of the meadow1597 mock-willow1633 meadow queena1637 queen of the prairie1852 honey-sweet1880 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 886 Called..in English..Medow sweete, and Queene of the medowes. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. vi. 97 Queen of the Meadows..: It is a winged and dented leaf, standing one above another, at distances, upon a reddish rib. 1785 Mem. Amer. Acad. I. 451 Spiræa foliis lanceolatis..subtus tomentosis... Queen of the Meadows. Blossoms red or purple. In moist pastures. 1892 Amer. Folk-Lore 5 98 Eupatorium purpureum..Queen of the meadow. 1945 Sci. Monthly July 65 Why the Joe Pye weed should have acquired the names it carries in different parts of its range, Skunk weed, Marsh Milkweed,..King- or Queen-of-the-Meadow, as its synonymy reveals, raises questions of European associations in folk botany. 1952 P. Mann Systematics Flowering Plants ii. 113 (in figure) [Filipendula]ulmaria = Meadow-sweet, Queen-of-the-Meadows. 1993 K. N. Sanecki Discovering Herbs (ed. 5) 71 Meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria (Rosaceae) Perennial Queen of the meadow, meadwort... Our ancestors knew this plant for its pain-dulling and cheering properties. < as lemmas |
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