fair maid of France
(also fair maids of France)
noun
1Ragged robin, Lychnis flos-cuculi.
2Aconite-leaved buttercup, Ranunculus aconitifolius, especially the double-flowered variety flore pleno.
3Meadow saxifrage, Saxifraga granulata.
4Sneezewort, Achillea ptarmica.
Origin
Early 17th century; earliest use found in John Parkinson (1566/7–1650), apothecary and herbalist.
- heart-lung
- heart-lung machine
- heart maker
- heart massage
- heart monitor
- heart moth
- heart murmur
- heart net
- heartnut
- Heart of Dixie
- heart of grace
- heart of grass
- heart of oak
- heart of palm
- heart of stone
- heart pea
- heart piece
- heart-piercing
- heart-piercingly
- heart pine
- heart pulse
- heart-quake
- heart-quaking
- acetocarmine
- acetogen