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ˈcrow-flower
A popular name for the buttercup (cf. crowfoot). b. Applied by Gerarde to the Ragged Robin (Lychnis Floscuculi); by Tannahill app. to the wild hyacinth or bluebell (Scilla nutans); also in some parts to Caltha palustris and Geranium sylvaticum.
1597Gerarde Herbal ii. clxxxv. 608 Called in English Crow floures, Wilde Williams, Marsh Gilloflours and Cockow Gellofloures. 1602Shakes. Ham. iv. vii. 170 With fantasticke Garlands..Of Crow-flowers, Nettles, Daysies, and long Purples. 1806E. Rushton Poems 56 Speckled daisies and crow flowers abounded. a1810Tannahill Gloomy Winter's now awa', Sweet the crawflower's early bell Decks Gleniffer's dewy dell. 1820Clare Poems Rural Life (1821) 34 From crow-flower's golden cup. |