单词 | satin flower |
释义 | satin flowern. 1. Either of two plants of the genus Lunaria, the annual L. annua and the perennial L. rediviva, which have flattened seed pods with a silvery sheen on the inner membrane. Cf. satin n. 2, white satin n. 1.Also called honesty (see honesty n. 7a). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > leguminous plants > [noun] > clover or trefoil white clovereOE cloverc1000 hare-foota1300 clerewort?a1400 clover-grassa1400 three-leaved grass14.. trefoilc1400 sucklingc1440 four-leaved grassc1450 trefle1510 Trifolium?1541 trinity grass1545 Dutch1548 lote1548 hare's-foot1562 lotus1562 triple grass1562 blain-grass1570 meadow trefoil1578 purple grass1597 purplewort1597 satin flower1597 cithyse1620 true-love grass?a1629 garden balsam1633 hop-clover1679 Burgundian hay1712 strawberry trefoil1731 honeysuckle trefoil1735 red clover1764 buffalo-clover1767 marl-grass1776 purple trefoil1785 white trefoil1785 yellow trefoil1785 sulla1787 cow-grass1789 strawberry-bearing trefoil1796 zigzag trefoil1796 rabbit's foot1817 lotus grass1820 strawberry-headed trefoil1822 mountain liquorice1836 hop-trefoil1855 clustered clover1858 alsike1881 mountain clover1882 knop1897 Swedish clover1908 sub clover1920 four-leaf clover1927 suckle- the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > cruciferous flowers > white or purple flowers > honesty lunaryc1386 shabub1548 bolbanac1578 money flower1578 penny-flower1578 honesty1597 moonwort1597 pricksong wort1597 satin1597 satin flower1597 white satin1597 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 377 Bolbonac or the Sattin flower, hath hard and round stalkes. 1629 J. Parkinson Paradisi in Sole 265 It is called most vsually Bolbonach, and Viola Lunaris:... In English, White Satten, or Satten flower: Of some it is called Honesty, and Penny-flower. 1687 J. Floyer Φαρμακο-βασανος i. 213 Satin-Flower smells and tastes like the Cress-Plants, and is of the same Vertue. 1710 W. Salmon Botanologia II. 1006/2 In English we call it Satin Flower, also Honesty, Money Flower and Penny Flower. 1770 C. Milne Bot. Dict. Ray's Method (table) Siliquosae,—Stock, satin-flower, scurvy-grass, poppy, rue, epilobium. 1833 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 24 Jan. Flower seeds... Honesty, or Satin Flower. 1882 G. P. Lathrop Echo of Passion iv. 76 Marigolds and satin-flowers..were growing in the midst of rank weeds. 1904 Encycl. Americana XIV. Satin-flower, or Satin-pod, a cruciferous plant of the genus Lunaria, native to Europe and Asia. 1952 A. G. L. Hellyer Sanders' Encycl. Gardening (ed. 22) 288 L[unaria] annua (syn. L[unaria] biennis), ‘Honesty’, ‘Money Flower’, ‘Satin Flower’. 2006 Times (Nexis) 6 Jan. 80 Satin flower and satinpod refer to the texture of the pod. ΚΠ 1629 J. Parkinson Paradisi in Sole 339 Hedysarum clypeatum. The red Sattin flower. 1665 J. Rea Flora ii. xxii. 198 The red Satten flower, vulgarly called, French Hony-suckle,..hath..stalks, set with many flowers, of a shining red colour. 1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants 202/1 Hedysarum coronarium... Red Satin-flower. 1909 Brit. Bee Jrnl. 1 July 259/2 French honeysuckle; it is also called Maltese clover, red satin flower, and Soola clover (Hedysarum coronarium). 3. Any of several stitchworts having white flowers; esp. the greater stitchwort, Stellaria holostea. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Caryophyllaceae (chickweeds and allies) > [noun] > chickweeds and stitchworts chicken meateOE bird's-tonguea1300 stitchworta1300 chickenweedc1300 piglea1400 chickweed?a1425 craches1530 mouse-ear1578 all-bony1597 chickenwort1762 Stellaria1785 all bones1787 mouse-eared chickweed1789 cerastium1799 starwort1809 satin flower1836 adder's meat1853 thunder-flower1853 snap-jack1867 shirt button1880 1836 J. Jacob West Devon & Cornwall Flora I. (at Stellaria) (heading) Satin Flower.—All-bone Chickweed. 1888 J. Watson Year in Fields 34 Most beautiful is this greater stitchwort or satin flower, with its delicate green leaves and snow-white petals. 1906 A. Teixeira de Mattos tr. M. Maeterlinck Old-fashioned Flowers 81 The Stitchwort or Satin-flower, who greets the first-communicants along the hedges, whose leaves are as yet indeterminate and uncertain, like a diaphanous green lye. 1955 G. Grigson Englishman's Flora (1996) 90 Sailor-buttons , Hants; satin flower , Corn. 2004 Weed Technol. 18 193/2 Other common names [for chickweed] are Adder's mouth, bindweed..mischievous Jack, mouse-ear, satin flower,..stitchwort,..and winterweed. ΚΠ 1860 G. Bennett Gatherings of Naturalist in Austral. xix. 358 A profusion of the Sunflower Actinotus, called Satin-flower by the colonists. ?1864 G. Rowe Colonial Empire Great Brit. II. i. 13 The rich flowers of the rose-bay, or oleander, mingle with the velvety blossoms of the indigenous satin-flower (Actinotus helianthi). 5. Any of several blue-eyed grasses of (or formerly included in) the genus Sisyrinchium; esp. Olsynium douglasii, which is native to western North America and has purple bell-shaped flowers. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > non-British flowers > North American innocent1600 lychnidea1733 swamp lily1737 atamasco lily1743 phlox1754 lychnis1760 painted cup1776 mountain pink1818 phacelia1818 innocence1821 Nemophila1822 clarkia1827 Physostegia1830 bitter root1838 standing cypress1841 false mermaid1845 lion's heart1845 shooting star1856 lewisia1863 satin flower1871 fame-flower1879 baby blue-eyes1887 mayflower1892 agastache1900 obedient plant1900 Pennsylvania anemone1900 rock rose1906 Virginia bluebell1934 parsley1936 poached egg flower1963 poached eggs1971 poached egg plant1977 1871 W. Robinson Hardy Flowers ii. 239/1 Sisyrinchium grandiflorum (Spring Satin-flower). 1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants Sisyrinchium, Pig-root, Rush-Lily, Satin flower. 1936 A. H. Wood Bulbs for your Garden viii. 94 One other irid genus is worth a trial in the garden, star grass or the satin flower (Sisyrinchium). 1971 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 18 Apr. 22/2 Numerous clumps of satin flower blend their purple hued petals with the rosy shooting star. 2008 N. L. Jennings Coastal Beauty 201 Once classified in the genus Sisyrinchium, Satin Flower is now the only North American species in the allied genus Olsynium. 6. In full crimson satin flower. The firecracker flower, Dichelostemma ida-maia, which has clusters of red and white tubular flowers. Now rare. ΚΠ 1877 Garden 10 Feb. 110/1 (heading) The Crimson Satin-Flower. (Brodiæa coccinea). 1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants Brodiæa coccinea, crimson-flowered Californian Hyacinth, Crimson Satin-flower, Vegetable Fire-Cracker. 1939 N.Y. Times 19 Nov. d9/6 Brevoortia ida-maia, or Crimson Satin Flower, is extraordinarily vivid, for each clustered flower is a glistening, rich cardinal red, tipped with a bright apple-green. 1974 H. G. W. Fogg Compl. Handbk. Bulbs vii. 48/2 B[rodiaea] ida-maia now known and catalogued under the name of B[rodiaea] coccinea and often referred to as the crimson satin flower and the floral, or Californian fire cracker. 7. Any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Clarkia (formerly Godetia), frequently cultivated in gardens for their large, cup-shaped, satiny flowers; esp. C. amoena, which typically has pink or purple flowers. Cf. godetia n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Onagraceae (willow-herbs) > [noun] willow-herb1578 bindweed nightshade1597 enchanter's nightshade1597 rosebay1597 willow1597 French willow1601 willow-flower1633 rose withy1650 codlings-and-cream1670 willow weed1741 gooseberry fool1785 epilobium1809 onagrad1846 cherry-pie1857 apple pie plant1858 slink-weed1858 fiddle-grass1878 epilobe1883 satin flower1891 1891 Florida Agriculturist 12 Aug. 441/4 (advt.) Seven distinct varieties (in separate packets) of Godetia or Satin Flower. 1925 J. A. Bellows & E. M. Tuttle Bk. Rural Life VIII. 4905/1 Satin flower, an attractive garden flower with large, satiny petals, also called godetia. 1963 N. Taylor 1001 Questions answered about Flowers 129 (heading) Are the satin-flower and farewell-to-spring closely related? 2000 R. Proctor Cutting Garden 45 Satin flower (Godetia amoena). Vivid, poppylike blossoms in cherry red, pink, salmon, or white. 2015 Sunday Independent (Ireland) (Nexis) 6 Sept. 12 Satin flower provides superb brightly-coloured late flowers, and if it gets some nice sunny days, it will flower for a few more weeks. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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