| 单词 | fairy weed |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfairy weed fairy weed n. Irish English the foxglove, Digitalis purpurea, or its flowers. [Compare Irish lus na mban sí (formerly lus na mban sídhe ; compare banshee n.), Scottish Gaelic lus nam ban-sìth (1832 or earlier), both lit. ‘plant of the fairy women’; compare also Early Irish lus síde kind of (unspecified) magical herb, lit. ‘fairy plant’.] ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > foxglove and allied flowers > foxglove foxglovec1000 London button1552 wine-pot herb1552 finger1562 finger flower1562 lady's glove1575 foxter1623 fox-finger1657 fox1684 bloody finger1789 witch bell1808 fairy fingers1811 fairy thimble1813 dead men's bells1818 witches' thimbles1820 fairy bells1821 fairy glove1841 flap-dock1846 cow-flop1847 pop-glove1847 lady's thimble1853 Scotch mercury1853 poppy1856 fairy petticoats1864 finger root1870 fairy weed1871 pop-dock1878 witches' bells1884 1871 Hardwicke's Sci.-gossip 6 135 In Anglo-Irish we call it [sc. the foxglove]..fairy weed. 1996 G. Dunwich Wicca Garden iii. 52 The foxglove..has many fairy-inspired nicknames, including fairy fingers, fairy's caps, fairy weed, fairy's thimbles, fairy petticoats, and fairy's glove. < as lemmas |
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