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单词 wake-robin
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wake-robinn.

Brit. /ˈweɪkˌrɒbɪn/, U.S. /ˈweɪkˌrɑbən/
Etymology: Apparently < wake v. + robin n.1
1.
a. The plant Arum maculatum, also commonly called cuckoo-pint, lords-and-ladies, etc.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Araceae (wake-robin and allies) > [noun]
dragonsc1000
cuckoo-pintlea1400
yekestersea1400
aaron?c1425
calf's-footc1450
cuckoo-spitc1450
rampa1500
priest's hood1526
wake-robin1530
green dragon1538
arum1551
cuckoo-pint1551
dragonwort1565
priest's pintle1578
tarragon1591
starch root1596
friar's cowl1597
friar's-hood1597
starchwort1597
dragon serpentine1598
dragon's-herb1600
small dragonwort1674
dumb cane1696
skunk weed1735
polecat weed1743
lords and ladies1755
mucka-mucka1769
skunk cabbage1778
bloody man's finger1787
green dragon1789
swamp-cabbage1792
priest in the pulpit1837
orontiad1846
arad1853
cows and calves1853
bulls and cows1863
skunk cabbage1869
aroid1876
Adam and Eve1877
stallion1878
cunjevoi1889
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 286/1 Wakerobyn an herbe.
1538 T. Elyot Dict. Addicion Aros, an herbe callyd wake Robyn.
1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 684 There be diuers sorts of wake Robin or Cockow pint.
1601 J. Lyly Loves Metamorphosis i. ii They haue eaten so much wake-Robin, that they cannot sleepe for loue.
1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique Wake-robin or Calvesfoot, in Latin Arum... The Root of this plant is purgative and penetrating; they prepare a powder of it that is used in Astma's, Dropsy, and Hypocondriac Melancholy.
1830 M. Donovan Domest. Econ. II. iv. 255 The root of the arum maculatum, or wake-robin.
b. dialect. The purple orchis, Orchis maculata.
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1905 Eng. Dial. Dict.
c. The red campion, Lychnis diurna.
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1905 Eng. Dial. Dict.
2. In the United States applied: (a) to certain araceous plants, esp. Peltandra undulata (or virginica, formerly called Arum virginicum), arrow-arum, tuckahoe n.; (b) to liliaceous plants of the genus Trillium (esp. the white-flowered species).
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Liliaceae family or plants > [noun] > Trillium
herb true-love1640
birthroot1707
three-leaved nightshade1760
Trillium1760
true love1760
Indian balm1830
nosebleed1869
wake-robin1871
white bath1891
1702 J. Petiver Gazophylacii I. 4 In South Carolina..it Flowers in June and July, and is called by them Wake-Robin.
1711 J. Petiver Gazophylacii VI. Table LX A whitish flowred Arum or Wake Robin, with cordated narrow pointed Leaves.
1770 J. R. Forster tr. P. Kalm Trav. N. Amer. I. 125 The Virginian Wake robin, or Arum Virginicum, grows in wet places.
1871 J. Burroughs Wake-robin p. iv Wake-Robin—the common name of the white Trillium, which blooms in all our woods,..marks the arrival of all the birds.
1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants 143 Wake-Robin, American, Arum dracontium, Trillium grandiflorum, and T. cernuum.
1915 G. Stratton-Porter M. O'Halloran ii. 32 So long as I could find a scrap of arbutus, a violet or a wake-robin from the woods.
3. In the West Indies and tropical America, applied to certain araceous plants of either of the genera Anthurium (tail-flower) and Philodendron.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > non-British plants or herbs > [noun] > American or West Indian
masterwort1523
hogweed1707
black root1709
many-seed1750
Martynia1753
Maranta1754
hog meat1756
iron1756
Evolvulus1764
zebra plant1826
turkey-flower1843
vriesia1843
Spanish needles1846
turkey-blossom1849
horse poison1851
St Martin's herb1860
goatweed1864
wake-robin1864
frog-bit1866
herb of St. Martin1866
pipi1866
goatweed1869
cigar-plant1961
1864 A. H. R. Grisebach Flora Brit. W. Indian Islands 788 Wake-robin, Anthurium and Philodendron.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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