单词 | cabbage daisy |
释义 | > as lemmascabbage daisy cabbage daisy n. English regional (northern) and Scottish (now rare) the globeflower Trollius europaeus, with overlapping yellow petals which curl upwards to form a cabbage-like flower. ΚΠ 1777 J. Lightfoot Flora Scotica I. 296 [Trollius europæus] Lucken-Gowan, i. e. Cabbage-Daisie. Scotis. 1888 Trans. Herts. Nat. Hist. Soc. 4 107 The globe flower, although only found in gardens with us, is wild in Scotland, where it grows plentifully, and is called the locken-gowan or cabbage daisy. 1902 F. E. Hulme Familiar Wild Flowers 7th ser. 56 It [sc. the globe flower] has sometimes been called in the north of England the cabbage daisy, a name that commences admirably well, as the overlapping sepals are certainly suggestive of a little yellow cabbage. < as lemmas |
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