butterflowern.

Brit.

/ˈbʌtəflaʊə/, U.S.

/ˈbədərˌflaʊər/

Forms: see butter n.¹ and flower n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: butter n.¹, flower n.

Etymology: < butter n.¹ + flower n., probably so called on account of the appearance of the flowers (like later buttercup n. 2a and gold cup n. 1).Compare Dutch boterbloem buttercup (16th cent.), German Butterblume , denoting various plants with yellow flowers (17th cent. or earlier). Quots. 1607 and 1759 at sense 1 apparently reflect popular notions about the origins of the name. The children's game described in quot. 1892 at sense 1 is also sometimes adduced as a supposed explanation of the name's origin. Compare also note at buttercup n.

Now chiefly historical.

1. A buttercup, esp. one of the genus Ranunculus.

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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 > buttercup

butterflower1527

kingcup1538

crow-flower1597

king-cob1597

gilt cup1610

pissabed1640

Goldilocks1650

craysec1652

buttercup1688

yellow cup1824

bulbous buttercup1844

goldballs1854

Meg-many-feet1878

clovewort1886

sitfast1901

1527 L. Andrewe tr. H. Brunschwig Vertuose Boke Distyllacyon sig. Niii^v/1 (heading) Water of botter flowres.

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iii. lxxiv. 422 Some do also name it..in Englishe Goldcuppes, Goldknoppes, and Butterflowers.

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 72 There is an hearb much like crow-foote, called of the Germanes Butterbloumen, and in English Butter-flower; which is vsed to colour Butter.

1692 J. Dennis Poems in Burlesque 9 New Rigg'd and gay, As Beaux or Butter-flowers in May.

1759 B. Stillingfleet in tr. Misc. Tracts Nat. Hist. 198 It is a notion that prevails commonly that cows eat the crow-foot..and that this occasions the butter to be yellow, from whence I suppose it is generally known by the name of the butter-flower. But this I believe is all a mistake.

1797 ‘Margery’ Hist. Young Edwin & Little Jessy 78 We go out into the fields, and seek for all the prettiest flowers, the hyacinths, and the daisies, and the butter-flowers.

1811 Lit. Panorama Apr. 736 I shall name a plant common in the fields, which greatly adorns them, and is known by the vulgar name of butterflower, the ranunculus.

1892 Meehan's Monthly Jan. 2/2 A common practice with little children is to hold the ‘butter flower’ under the other's chin to note by the reflection of the light from the flower whether he ‘likes butter’.

1937 Torreya 37 5 Buttercup, Ranunculus, also called butterflower and golden cups, the cuckoobud of Shakespeare.

2012 Times (Nexis) 23 Mar. 34 It [sc. marsh marigold] is an ancient flower that was growing in England before the Ice Age, and has, or had, many local names, including butterflower, mollyblob and yellow boots.

†2. blue butterflower n. Obsolete rare a plant having blue flowers (not identified, perhaps a species of butterwort).

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > unidentified or variously identified plants > [noun]

smearwortc725

evenlesteneOE

hovec1000

hindheala1300

vareworta1300

falcc1310

holwort1350

spigurnela1400

rush?a1425

buck's tonguec1450

lich-walec1450

lich-wortc1450

vine-bind1483

finter-fanter?a1500

heartwood1525

wake-wort1530

Our Lady's gloves1538

bacchar1551

hog's snout1559

centron1570

lady's glove1575

sharewort1578

kite's-foot1580

Magdalene1589

astrophel1591

eileber1597

exan1597

blue butterflower1599

bybbey1600

oenothera1601

rhodora1601

shamefaced1605

mouse-foot1607

Byzantine1621

popinjay1629

priest's bonnet1685

Indian weed1687

foal-bit1706

shepherd's bodkin1706

bottle-head1714

walking leaf1718

French apple1736

bugleweed1771

night-weed1810

beggar-weed1878

1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 201/1 Take blewe butterflowers, the herbe without the stalckes.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	butterflower
释义	butterflowern. Brit. /ˈbʌtəflaʊə/, U.S. /ˈbədərˌflaʊər/ Forms: see butter n.¹ and flower n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: butter n.¹, flower n. Etymology: < butter n.¹ + flower n., probably so called on account of the appearance of the flowers (like later buttercup n. 2a and gold cup n. 1).Compare Dutch boterbloem buttercup (16th cent.), German Butterblume , denoting various plants with yellow flowers (17th cent. or earlier). Quots. 1607 and 1759 at sense 1 apparently reflect popular notions about the origins of the name. The children's game described in quot. 1892 at sense 1 is also sometimes adduced as a supposed explanation of the name's origin. Compare also note at buttercup n. Now chiefly historical. 1. A buttercup, esp. one of the genus Ranunculus. 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 > buttercup butterflower1527 kingcup1538 crow-flower1597 king-cob1597 gilt cup1610 pissabed1640 Goldilocks1650 craysec1652 buttercup1688 yellow cup1824 bulbous buttercup1844 goldballs1854 Meg-many-feet1878 clovewort1886 sitfast1901 1527 L. Andrewe tr. H. Brunschwig Vertuose Boke Distyllacyon sig. Niii^v/1 (heading) Water of botter flowres. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iii. lxxiv. 422 Some do also name it..in Englishe Goldcuppes, Goldknoppes, and Butterflowers. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 72 There is an hearb much like crow-foote, called of the Germanes Butterbloumen, and in English Butter-flower; which is vsed to colour Butter. 1692 J. Dennis Poems in Burlesque 9 New Rigg'd and gay, As Beaux or Butter-flowers in May. 1759 B. Stillingfleet in tr. Misc. Tracts Nat. Hist. 198 It is a notion that prevails commonly that cows eat the crow-foot..and that this occasions the butter to be yellow, from whence I suppose it is generally known by the name of the butter-flower. But this I believe is all a mistake. 1797 ‘Margery’ Hist. Young Edwin & Little Jessy 78 We go out into the fields, and seek for all the prettiest flowers, the hyacinths, and the daisies, and the butter-flowers. 1811 Lit. Panorama Apr. 736 I shall name a plant common in the fields, which greatly adorns them, and is known by the vulgar name of butterflower, the ranunculus. 1892 Meehan's Monthly Jan. 2/2 A common practice with little children is to hold the ‘butter flower’ under the other's chin to note by the reflection of the light from the flower whether he ‘likes butter’. 1937 Torreya 37 5 Buttercup, Ranunculus, also called butterflower and golden cups, the cuckoobud of Shakespeare. 2012 Times (Nexis) 23 Mar. 34 It [sc. marsh marigold] is an ancient flower that was growing in England before the Ice Age, and has, or had, many local names, including butterflower, mollyblob and yellow boots. †2. blue butterflower n. Obsolete rare a plant having blue flowers (not identified, perhaps a species of butterwort). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > unidentified or variously identified plants > [noun] smearwortc725 evenlesteneOE hovec1000 hindheala1300 vareworta1300 falcc1310 holwort1350 spigurnela1400 rush?a1425 buck's tonguec1450 lich-walec1450 lich-wortc1450 vine-bind1483 finter-fanter?a1500 heartwood1525 wake-wort1530 Our Lady's gloves1538 bacchar1551 hog's snout1559 centron1570 lady's glove1575 sharewort1578 kite's-foot1580 Magdalene1589 astrophel1591 eileber1597 exan1597 blue butterflower1599 bybbey1600 oenothera1601 rhodora1601 shamefaced1605 mouse-foot1607 Byzantine1621 popinjay1629 priest's bonnet1685 Indian weed1687 foal-bit1706 shepherd's bodkin1706 bottle-head1714 walking leaf1718 French apple1736 bugleweed1771 night-weed1810 beggar-weed1878 1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 201/1 Take blewe butterflowers, the herbe without the stalckes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1527
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