corpse flowern.

Brit.

/ˈkɔːps ˌflaʊə/, U.S.

/ˈkɔrps ˌflaʊər/

Etymology: < corpse n. + flower n.In sense 3 after Malay bunga bangkai titan arum, rafflesia < bunga flower + bangkai corpse. Compare Indonesian bunga bangkai.

†1. A flower laid on or beside a corpse or grave. Obsolete. rare.

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death flower1813

floral tribute1887

1631 R. Brathwait Whimzies 195 But the wormes are scarce entred his shroud, his corpse-flowers not fully dead, till this Yealous Earth-worme is forgot.

2. Either of two parasitic plants which lack chlorophyll and are whitish in colour.

a. U.S. Indian pipe, Monotropa uniflora. Cf. corpse-plant n. at corpse n. Compounds 2. Now rare.

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1874 Christian Union 28 Oct. 323/3 Succeeding these in August are the waxy, parasitic growths known as Indian pipes or corpse flowers.

1895 M. E. Banta Songs of Home 54 Where the corpse flower ghastly blossoms, White as death in stem, leaf, flower.

1907 R. Le Gallienne Little Dinners with Sphinx 260 The innocent children call it ‘Indian's-pipe’. Some call it ‘corpse-flower’.

1919 Granite Monthly Jan. 431 And the corpse-flower grew, translucent, blue, Beneath a vine-clad tree.

1951 H. B. Hough Singing in Morning 126 The only thing against the Indian pipe, so far as we know, is that some people call it the corpse flower.

†b. English regional (Yorkshire). Toothwort, Lathraea squamaria. Obsolete. rare.

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1888 F. A. Lees Flora W. Yorks. 347 Lathræa squamaria L. ‘Corpse-flower’.

1894 H. Speight Nidderdale & Garden of Nidd 45 Lathræa squamaria. Corpse-flower. In leaf-mould at root of hazel, elm, or sycamore, occasional.

3. The titan arum, Amorphophallus titanum, the enormous inflorescence of which smells like rotting flesh; (in later use also) any of the rafflesias, esp. Rafflesia arnoldii, which have flowers with a similar odour. Also: a flower of any of these plants.

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1938 Australasian 7 May 49/3 (caption) Boenga Banki the corpse flower.

1985 National Geographic July 140/3 Some reports on the flower [sc. Rafflesia arnoldii] have sensationalized its name to ‘corpse flower’ or ‘stinking corpse lily’.

1996 Medicine Hat News (Alberta) 24 May a12/4 The flower, [sc. Rafflesia Arnoldi], locally called the corpse flower for its bad smell, blossoms only once every three years.

1999 Sci. News 11 Sept. 172/1 76,000 people converged on Huntington Botanical Gardens in San Marino, Calif., to admire the 11th Amorphophallus titanum, or corpse flower, ever to bloom in the United States.

2004 E. Conlon Blue Blood i. 6 The corpse flower might go for thirty years between blooms, which stink and die within days.

2016 Science 4 Mar. 1010/1 The largest known individual flower is about a meter across and was produced by R. arnoldii, which some call the corpse flower.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	corpse flower
释义	corpse flowern. Brit. /ˈkɔːps ˌflaʊə/, U.S. /ˈkɔrps ˌflaʊər/ Etymology: < corpse n. + flower n.In sense 3 after Malay bunga bangkai titan arum, rafflesia < bunga flower + bangkai corpse. Compare Indonesian bunga bangkai. †1. A flower laid on or beside a corpse or grave. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > obsequies > [noun] > flowers corpse flower1631 death flower1813 floral tribute1887 1631 R. Brathwait Whimzies 195 But the wormes are scarce entred his shroud, his corpse-flowers not fully dead, till this Yealous Earth-worme is forgot. 2. Either of two parasitic plants which lack chlorophyll and are whitish in colour. a. U.S. Indian pipe, Monotropa uniflora. Cf. corpse-plant n. at corpse n. Compounds 2. Now rare. ΚΠ 1874 Christian Union 28 Oct. 323/3 Succeeding these in August are the waxy, parasitic growths known as Indian pipes or corpse flowers. 1895 M. E. Banta Songs of Home 54 Where the corpse flower ghastly blossoms, White as death in stem, leaf, flower. 1907 R. Le Gallienne Little Dinners with Sphinx 260 The innocent children call it ‘Indian's-pipe’. Some call it ‘corpse-flower’. 1919 Granite Monthly Jan. 431 And the corpse-flower grew, translucent, blue, Beneath a vine-clad tree. 1951 H. B. Hough Singing in Morning 126 The only thing against the Indian pipe, so far as we know, is that some people call it the corpse flower. †b. English regional (Yorkshire). Toothwort, Lathraea squamaria. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1888 F. A. Lees Flora W. Yorks. 347 Lathræa squamaria L. ‘Corpse-flower’. 1894 H. Speight Nidderdale & Garden of Nidd 45 Lathræa squamaria. Corpse-flower. In leaf-mould at root of hazel, elm, or sycamore, occasional. 3. The titan arum, Amorphophallus titanum, the enormous inflorescence of which smells like rotting flesh; (in later use also) any of the rafflesias, esp. Rafflesia arnoldii, which have flowers with a similar odour. Also: a flower of any of these plants. ΚΠ 1938 Australasian 7 May 49/3 (caption) Boenga Banki the corpse flower. 1985 National Geographic July 140/3 Some reports on the flower [sc. Rafflesia arnoldii] have sensationalized its name to ‘corpse flower’ or ‘stinking corpse lily’. 1996 Medicine Hat News (Alberta) 24 May a12/4 The flower, [sc. Rafflesia Arnoldi], locally called the corpse flower for its bad smell, blossoms only once every three years. 1999 Sci. News 11 Sept. 172/1 76,000 people converged on Huntington Botanical Gardens in San Marino, Calif., to admire the 11th Amorphophallus titanum, or corpse flower, ever to bloom in the United States. 2004 E. Conlon Blue Blood i. 6 The corpse flower might go for thirty years between blooms, which stink and die within days. 2016 Science 4 Mar. 1010/1 The largest known individual flower is about a meter across and was produced by R. arnoldii, which some call the corpse flower. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1631
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