单词 | speedwell |
释义 | speedwelln. 1. One or other species of Veronica, an extensive genus of small herbaceous plants with leafy stems and small blue (rarely pink or white) flowers; a plant belonging to this genus. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Scrophulariaceae (figwort and allies) > [noun] > Veronica or speedwell lemkea1300 God's eye?a1350 waterlink?a1425 brooklimea1450 fluellin1548 Paul's betony1548 wood-penny1570 water pimpernel1575 ground-hele1578 speedwell1578 wild germander1578 germander chickweed1597 leper's herb1600 lime-wort1666 water purpy1683 water-speedwell1690 beccabunga1706 rock speedwell1719 Welsh speedwell1731 germander speedwell1732 St. Paul's betony1736 vernal speedwell1796 wall speedwell1796 cat's-eye1817 wellink1826 skull-cap1846 forget-me-not1853 veronica1855 angels' eyes1862 horse-cress1879 faverel1884 St. Paul's betony1884 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball 26 Paules Betony, Herbe Fluellyn, or Speedewell. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 101 An herbe there is commonly called Betonica Pauli, or Paul's Betony.., and is no more then speed well, or Fluellen. View more context for this quotation 1671 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Speedwell,..in Latin Betonica Pauli, and Veronica Mas, and Femina. 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 327 Speedwell, Veronica. 1833 E. Elliott Splendid Village 218 While groups of speedwell, with their bright blue eyes,..cluster in the sun. 1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam lxxxi. 113 Bring orchis, bring the fox-glove spire, The little speedwell's darling blue. View more context for this quotation 1885 R. Buchanan Annan Water v The banks were sprinkled thick with speedwells and primroses. 2. With distinctive premodifiers.The number of specific designations is very large: see Chambers' Cycl. Suppl. (1753) at Veronica, Withering Brit. Plants (1796) II. 12–18, Penny Cycl. (1843) XXVI. 271, Irvine Handbk. Brit. Plants (1858) 439–444. ΚΠ 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Veronique masle, the male Speed-well. 1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Veronica Common Male Speedwell or Fluellin. 1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Veronica Narrow-leav'd spik'd Speed~well [etc.]. 1777 E. Jacob Plantæ Favershamienses 121 V[eronica] serpyllifolia, little, or smooth Speedwell, or Paul's Betony. 1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) II. 17 Veronica Chamaedrys... Wild Germander. Germander Speedwell. 1840 J. Hodgson & J. Raine Hist. Northumberland: Pt. II III. 360/1 Veronica scutellata, Narrow-leafed Marsh Speedwell. 1845 A. Wood Class-bk. Bot. 406 V. agrestis... Neckweed... V. arvensis... Corn Speedwell. 1855 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. IV. 89 Spiked Speedwell... Gardeners call it Cat's-tail Speedwell. 1859 W. Darlington & G. Thurber Amer. Weeds & Useful Plants 227 V. peregrina,..Foreign Veronica. Purslane Speedwell. 1882 Garden 15 Apr. 263/3 The New Zealand Speedwell, when well grown, is one of the most beautiful of green~house plants. 1898 E. E. Morris Austral Eng. 428 Native Speed~well,..a Tasmanian species, Veronica formosa. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1578 |
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