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单词 blue-blaw
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blue-blaw
blue-blaw n. (also blue blow) Obsolete the cornflower, Centaurea cyanus. [The identity of the second element, and the motivation for the name, are uncertain. Perhaps compare blow v.1 or blow n.1]
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > composite flowers > corn-flower
bluebottle?a1450
bluet?a1450
blue poppya1500
hawdod?1523
blue-blaw1538
cornflower1578
blue bonnet1777
blue cap1821
French pink1854
1538 W. Turner Libellus de re Herbaria at Cyanus Cyanus a gallis teste ruellio blauium dicitur hanc ego herbam arbitror esse quam northumbria uocat a Blewblaw.
1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. ccxl. 594 In English it [sc. Cyanus] is called blewe Bottle, blewe blow, Corne flower, and hurt sickle.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 92 No sooner hath the Rose plaied his part, but the blew-blaw entereth the stage.
1791 E. Baylis New & Compl. Body Pract. Bot. Physic xv. 157 The lesser Common Blue, or Field Blue-bottle, or as it is termed by some ancient authors, Hurt-sickle or Blue-blow.
1878 J. Britten & R. Holland Dict. Eng. Plant-names Blue-blaw. Centaurea cyanus, L.
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