| 单词 | devil-in-a-bush |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdevil-in-a-bush devil-in-a-bush n. (also devil-in-the-bush) a plant of the genus Nigella, esp. the popular garden plant love-in-a-mist, Nigella damascena.The fruit of these plants is a capsule with persistent horn-like styles. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > buttercup and allied flowers > allied flowers githa1382 nigellaa1398 gollana1400 pilewort?a1425 gold-knop1538 fig-wort1548 lucken gowan1548 melanthion1559 gold crap1571 bachelor's buttons1578 celandine1578 gold cup1578 Goldilocks1578 nigel1578 nigelweed1578 troll flower1578 peppergrass1587 golden cup1589 globe crowfoot1597 globeflower1597 winter aconite1597 kiss-me-twice-before-I-rise1664 devil-in-a-bush1722 globe ranunculus1731 turban1760 love-in-a-mist1787 love-in-a-puzzle1824 fair-grass1825 water buttercup1831 golden knobs1835 ficary1848 New Year's gift1856 bishop wort1863 fennel-flower1863 golden ball1875 1722 T. Fairchild City Gardener ii. 33 The Nigila-Romana, or as some have it, the Devil in the Bush, is rather an odd Plant, than beautiful in its Flower. 1837 M. Boddington Sketches in Pyrenees I. v. 79 That pretty blue flower which may, perhaps, have a gentler name than devil-in-the-bush—the one I used to know it by in my childhood. 1992 M. Margetts Classic Crafts 152/1 Nigella..is known as love-in-a-mist when in flower and devil-in-a-bush when the flower has become a seed-pod. < as lemmas |
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