| 单词 | bluebell of scotland |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbluebell of Scotland a. Any of several plants of the genus Campanula (family Campanulaceae), with delicate blue bell-like flowers; esp. (also more fully bluebell of Scotland) the harebell, C. rotundifolia, of open grass and heathland in Europe and North America. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > bellflowers bell-flower1578 bluebell1578 Canterbury bells1578 Coventry bells1578 Coventry Marians1578 Coventry rapes1578 fair-in-sight1578 gauntlet1578 haskwort1578 Marian's violet1578 throatwort1578 lady's looking glass1597 mariet1597 Mercury's violet1597 peach-bells1597 steeple bells1597 uvula-wort1597 Venus looking-glass1597 campanula1664 Spanish bell1664 corn-violet1665 rampion1688 Venus' glass1728 harebell1767 heath-bell1805 witch bell1808 slipperwort1813 meadow-bell1827 greygle1844 platycodon1844 lady's thimble1853 kikyo1884 witches' bells1884 balloon flower1901 fairy thimble1914 mountain bell1923 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. xxiii. 174 Blew Belles whan their plante beginneth first to spring up..haue small rounde leaues. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. vi. 111/2 Wild field Bell-flower, commonly called blew bells, are dented in the edges into five sharp points; set in a long and slender leafy foot-husk. 1709 E. Ward Secret Hist. Clubs xxiii. 267 The Quaker..ty'd up a huge Nosegay of common Pinks, Dasies, Bluebells and Butterflowers. 1795 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) II. 788 Where the blue-bell and gowan lurk. 1837 J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott (1839) VII. 178 He had scrambled to gather blue bells and heath flowers. a1872 W. Miller Blue Bell in Poets & Poetry of Scotl. (1877) II. 340 For glaumorie is round the sweet blue bell. 1903 H. Macmillan Deeper Teachings Plant Life 287 The Bluebell of Scotland..is the delicate flower that hangs its dainty, drooping head from a stem so slender than the slightest breeze can bend it. 1971 P. E. Kennedy Amer. Wild Flowers Coloring Bk. 18 Harebell, Bluebell (Campanula rotundifolia). 2011 Stirling Observer (Nexis) 2 Sept. (News section) 23 Delicate bluebells, better known elsewhere perhaps as harebells, nod their elfin cap-like shaped heads in response to the eddying breezes. < as lemmas |
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