| 单词 | winter aconite |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswinter aconite 2. Chiefly with distinguishing word, esp. in winter aconite. Any of several early-flowering, low-growing plants of the genus Eranthis (family Ranunculaeae); esp. the European species E. hyemalis, which has bright yellow flowers and is commonly grown in gardens. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > buttercup and allied flowers > allied flowers githa1382 nigellaa1398 gollana1400 pilewort?a1425 gold-knop1538 fig-wort1548 lucken gowan1548 melanthion1559 gold crap1571 bachelor's buttons1578 celandine1578 gold cup1578 Goldilocks1578 nigel1578 nigelweed1578 troll flower1578 peppergrass1587 golden cup1589 globe crowfoot1597 globeflower1597 winter aconite1597 kiss-me-twice-before-I-rise1664 devil-in-a-bush1722 globe ranunculus1731 turban1760 love-in-a-mist1787 love-in-a-puzzle1824 fair-grass1825 water buttercup1831 golden knobs1835 ficary1848 New Year's gift1856 bishop wort1863 fennel-flower1863 golden ball1875 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. ccclvii. 819 It is called Aconitum hyemale, or Hibernum, or winter Aconite. 1666 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense (ed. 2) 23 Winter Aconite, single Anemonies, and some double. 1726 J. Laurence New Syst. Agric. 440 The Aconite, to which the epithet of Winter is usually put, because it displays its yellow Blossoms commonly the very Beginning of January. 1736 Compl. Family-piece ii. iii. 306 Yellow Aconite, double scarlet and dwarf Lichnis. 1843 J. W. Loudon Ladies' Flower-garden Ornamental Perennials I. 25 When it is wished to propagate the winter aconite, the suckers must be taken with a portion of the tuberous, underground stem. 1879 Spectator 6 Sept. 1127/1 The small yellow winter-aconite is more cheery than the lingering rosebud born too late to bloom. 1926 Times 22 Mar. 17/5 The way was prepared for the coming of spring by a leaping forth of flocks of milky snowdrops and starry aconites. 1959 Home Encycl. 91 The blossom of such perennials as winter aconite, which has yellow blossom with a green fringe of leaf cup. 2000 K.-D. Bühler Scand. Garden 181 The first flower to appear at the end of winter..is the aconite (Eranthis hyemalis), suddenly creating a carpet of yellow. < as lemmas |
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