| 单词 | white ox-eye |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhite ox-eye c. Either of two plants of the family Asteraceae ( Compositae) with conspicuous rayed flowers, both common in Britain, (a) the corn marigold, Chrysanthemum segetum (also yellow ox-eye); (b) the ox-eye daisy, Leucanthemum vulgare (see Compounds) (also white ox-eye). Also occasionally: (with distinguishing word) any of several plants closely related to these. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > composite flowers > chrysanthemums goldOE buddle?a1350 great daisya1400 white bottlea1400 bigolda1500 maudlin-wort1552 chrysanthemum1578 ox-eyea1637 whiteweed1642 ox-eye daisy1731 moonflower1787 ox-daisy1813 ox-eyed daisy1817 pyrethrum1837 horse-gowan1842 marguerite1847 maudlin daisy1855 moon daisy1855 pompom1861 moon-penny1866 crown daisy1875 Korean chrysanthemum1877 Paris daisy1882 mum1891 Shasta daisy1901 chrysanth1920 penny-daisy1920 Korean1938 Nippon daisy1939 a1637 B. Jonson Pans Anniv. 30 in Wks. (1640) III Bring Corn-flag, Tulips, and Adonis flower, Faire Oxe-eye, Goldy-locks, and Columbine. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 69/1 A wild Field Marygold..this is also termed an Oxe-Eye if Yellow, and a Wild Daisie if White. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Ox-eye,..also an Herb otherwise call'd Great Margaret, good for Wounds and the King's Evill. 1800 J. E. Smith Flora Britannica II. 898 Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum... Great White Ox-eye. 1800 J. E. Smith Flora Britannica II. 899 Chrysanthemum segetum... Yellow Ox-eye. Corn Marigold. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 831/1 Ox-eye.., also Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum. 1870 R. Broughton Red as Rose I. 204 Her lap full of decapitated oxeyes. 1883 Evangelical Mag. Sept. 395 Now gather one of the large yellow flowers called Corn-Marigold, or yellow Ox-eye. 1956 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 69 371 The Ox-eye was used not only in cases of ‘uterine complaints’.., but also in ‘nervous excitation’. 1986 O. Rackham Hist. Countryside xv. 344 Some churchyards tend to a chalk grassland flora, with oxeye, calamint, quaking-grass, and occasional rarities like man orchid. 1997 C. Stace New Flora Brit. Isles (ed. 2) 735 Leucanthemella Tzvelev–Autumn Oxeye. < as lemmas |
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