| 单词 | fairy cups |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfairy cups fairy cups n. (a) any of various lichens or fungi bearing cup-shaped fruiting bodies, esp. the fungus scarlet cup, Sarcoscypha coccinea, and several lichens of the genus Cladonia; the fruiting bodies themselves; (b) the cowslip, Primula veris, or its flowers. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > fungi > [noun] > cup-mushroom and allies Peziza1751 cup-mushroom1769 fairies' bath1854 funnel-top1854 fairy cups1855 cup-fungus1910 the world > plants > particular plants > lichen > [noun] > other lichens cup-moss1597 ground liverwort1597 Usnea1597 perelle1712 oak moss1728 necklace moss1759 rag1759 thrush-lichen1759 Iceland lichen1777 Iceland moss1785 map lichen1796 scripture-wort1835 letter lichen1846 dog lichen1853 fairy cups1855 velvet moss1858 manna lichen1864 tree-hair1866 famine-bread1887 old man's beard1888 sea ivory1966 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > primrose and allied flowers > cowslip cowslipc1000 primerolea1350 herb Peter?a1450 Peter?a1450 paigle?c1450 St. Peter's wort1526 pigle1570 jackanapes on horseback1597 palsywort1597 galligaskin1629 passwort1671 fairy cups1855 1855 A. Wood Class-bk. Bot. viii. 16/1 A common lichen of our stone walls..various little cup-like forms... Country children know them well, and call them fairy cups. 1860 Colburn's United Service Mag. Nov. 399 Even the pale cowslip showed its fairy cups in cool sequestered nooks. 1873 Proc. Bath Nat. Hist. & Antiquarian Field Club 2 17 The beautiful little red fungus , growing on dead sticks, like cups of coral (the peziza coccinea), are called fairy cups. 1919 Cent. Mag. June 286/2 An astonishingly lovely fungus called Fairy-cups. 1962 Kingsport (Tennessee) Times-News 28 Feb. 5/3 Some of the miniature flower-like plants used are lichens such as fairy cups and scarlet firecrackers. 2001 Daily Mail (Nexis) 16 May 34 It [sc. the cowslip] has more than 40 local names including hey-flower, peggle, St Peter's keys, fairy cups, palsywort and milk maidens. < as lemmas |
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