| 单词 | fairy cap |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfairy cap fairy cap n. (also fairies' caps, fairy's cap) Irish English and English regional the foxglove, Digitalis purpurea, or its flowers. ΚΠ 1824 T. C. Croker Researches S. Ireland v. 83 The beautiful plant Digitalis Purpurea is named ‘Fairy Cap’ by the vulgar, from the supposed resemblance of its bells to this part of fairy dress. 1858 C. C. Wilkinson Weeds & Wild Flowers 83 The foxglove, in Cornwall, is the ‘fairy's cap’. 1904 A. Henkel Weeds used in Med. 22 Foxglove.., fairy cap, fairy fingers, fairy thimbles, fairy bells, [etc.] 2007 L. S. Nelson et al. Handbk. Poisonous & Injurious Plants (ed. 2) 150 Digitalis purpurea.., Fairy Cap, Fairy Glove [etc.] < as lemmas |
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