| 单词 | dick-a-dilver |
| 释义 | > as lemmasDick-a-dilver Dick-a-dilver n. chiefly East Anglian the lesser periwinkle, Vinca minor. ΚΠ a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Dick-a-dilver, the herb periwinkle..It is so called from its rooting (delving) at every joint, and spreading itself far and wide. 1904 Daily Chron. 3 May 4/7 Live and blossom, periwinkle, 'Neath the skies of blue and silver, Nature's dews on you shall sprinkle, Modest little dick-a-dilver. 1973 E. A. Ellis Wild Flowers of Woodlands 6 Lesser periwinkle (Vinca minor). A creeping woodland evergreen with privet-like foliage, the ‘Dick-a-dilver’. < as lemmas |
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