| 单词 | dog daisy |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdog daisy dog daisy n. = ox-eye daisy n. at ox-eye n. Compounds.extracted from daisyn.dog daisy dog daisy n. any of several plants of the of the family Asteraceae ( Compositae), esp. the common daisy, Bellis perennis, and the ox-eye daisy, Leucanthemum vulgare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > composite flowers > daisy daisyc1000 bruisewortOE primerolea1350 Margaretc1425 gowan1570 primrose1579 marguerite1605 bruise root1698 dog daisy1821 ewe-flower1825 marguerite1847 1821 Edinb. Philos. Jrnl. 4 226 There grew..a herb like the green-sauce of England, a flower like the dog-daisy, and a yellow flower about eight or nine inches high. 1894 S. Baring-Gould Deserts S. France I. 102 The meadows were white as with dog-daisies. 1937 J. Turle Out of Doors in Eng. 149 The ox-eye daisy, or dog-daisy, is the flower dedicated to St. Barnabas, and there is hardly a meadow in England at midsummer where you will not find them. 1984 C. Kightly Country Voices 128 You used to get all sorts [of weeds in cornfields]: thistles, of course, and dog-daisies—that's mayweed, but we used to call it ‘Stinking Nanny’. 1998 Church Times 26 June 10/4 Lady Rothschild's experimental meadow..seemed..simply perfection: a sea of tall, feathery, swaying grass veiling the clear white and gold of buttercups and dog daisies. < as lemmas |
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