| 单词 | cow-flop |
| 释义 | > as lemmascow-flop cow-flop n. (also cow-flap) (a) dialect any of several plants, esp. the foxglove, Digitalis purpurea; (b) dialect and U.S. a patch of cow-dung. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > cow > [noun] > dung cow-turdc1485 shard1542 cow-shard1579 cow-sharn1622 cow-dung1626 cow-clot1710 cow-dab1785 cow-flop1847 pad1895 pat1937 cow-pad1941 cow-pat1954 patty1960 cow-clap- cow-plat- the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > foxglove and allied flowers > foxglove foxglovec1000 London button1552 wine-pot herb1552 finger1562 finger flower1562 lady's glove1575 foxter1623 fox-finger1657 fox1684 bloody finger1789 witch bell1808 fairy fingers1811 fairy thimble1813 dead men's bells1818 witches' thimbles1820 fairy bells1821 fairy glove1841 flap-dock1846 cow-flop1847 pop-glove1847 lady's thimble1853 Scotch mercury1853 poppy1856 fairy petticoats1864 finger root1870 fairy weed1871 pop-dock1878 witches' bells1884 1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words I Cowflop, the foxglove. Devon. 1882 H. Friend Gloss. Devonshire Plant Names 17 Cowflop. (1) Digitalis purpurea, L. One of the many names for the Foxglove. (2) Avena sativa, L. To distinguish from Tartarian Oats. (3) A tall flower, somewhat like the Great Mullein. 1905 Eng. Dial. Dict.: Suppl. 75/2 Cow-flap, or -flop, cow-dung. 1906 Daily Chron. 30 Nov. 6/7 From a village on the fringe of the moorland in Devonshire a correspondent writes:..all around you may hear the foxglove called by its local name, the ‘cow-flap’. 1932 F. L. Wright Autobiogr. i. 42 Getting bare feet soiled..in the warm, fresh cow-flops, in the stable or in the lane. 1934 H. Williamson Peregrine's Saga (ed. 2) 130 A cowflop in her beak, the buds of whose flowers were not then turned pink. < as lemmas |
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