单词 | crown-thistle |
释义 | > as lemmascrown-thistle ΚΠ 1629 J. Parkinson Paradisi in Sole 333 At the toppe of euery branch there breaketh out a great whitish round prickly head..and doth so well resemble the bald crowne of a Frier..it deseruedly receiued the name of the Friers Crowne Thistle.] 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Crown-thistle or Friers Crown-thistle, a sort of Herb. 1785 Johnson's Dict. Eng. Lang. (ed. 6) Crown-thistle, [corona imperialis.] A flower. 1883 Cassell's Encycl. Dict. II. ii Crown-thistle, the name given by Johnson to a plant which he calls Corona imperialis... He bestows the same name on the Crown imperial. 1889 Cent. Dict. Crown imperial, a liliaceous garden plant... Also called crown-thistle. < as lemmas |
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