| 单词 | traveller's joy |
| 释义 | > as lemmastraveller's joy traveller's joy n. any of several woody climbing shrubs of the genus Clematis (family Ranunculaceae); esp. C. vitalba, which has greenish-white flowers and feathery white seed heads; cf. old man's beard n. 1. C. vitalba is native to southern England and continental Europe and is elsewhere regarded as an invasive weed, forming dense layers of vegetation that suppress the growth of other plants. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > climbing, trailing, or creeping shrubs > [noun] > clematis or traveller's joy white vine?a1425 clematis1578 lady's bower1597 traveller's joy1597 virgin's bower1597 bethwine1609 honesty1640 love1640 maiden's honesty1691 lady bower1715 virgin-bower1725 old man's beard1731 bindwith1797 Robin Hood's feather1820 silver-bush1886 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. cccii. 739 The first is called commonly Viorna quasi vias ornans, of decking and adorning waies and hedges, where people trauell, and thereupon I haue named it the Traueilers Ioie. 1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Travailours-joy, a sort of Herb called in Latin Clematis. 1886 Amer. Agriculturist Jan. 4/1 Each seed vessel is terminated by a sort of tail..which, in some species is plumed with long, whitish hairs, as seen in the engraving of the Travelers' Joy (Clematis Vitalba), of England. Our native Travelers' Joy (C[lematis] Virginiana), excels this both in the size of its clusters of flowers and fruit. 2016 Times (Scotl. ed.) (Nexis) 15 Sept. 33 The creamy-green flowers of traveller's joy have been sprawling over hedges, and climbing tall trees..for the past two months. < as lemmas |
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