| 单词 | finger flower |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfinger flower finger flower n. now chiefly historical the foxglove, Digitalis purpurea; cf. sense 8. 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 1562 W. Bullein Bk. Simples f. lv, in Bulwarke of Defence What saie you of Foxe Gloues, called commonly the Finger flowers: the flowers of some be yellowe. 1629 J. Parkinson Paradisi in Sole xcvii. 383 Some..doe call them [foxgloves] Finger-flowers, because they are like vnto the fingers of a gloue, the ends cut off. 1823 E. Kent Flora Domestica 138 Fox-glove. Digitalis... This plant is also called Finger-Flower; the shape of the flower resembling the finger of a glove; and Bell-Flower. 1925 Essex Rev. 34 31 Digitalis signifies that which pertains to the ‘digitus’ or finger, and in some parts of the country it is known as ‘The finger-flower’. 2008 D. J. Wagstaff Internat. Poisonous Plants Checklist 132/1 Digitalis purpurea L. [Plantaginaceae] Common Names: bloody finger..; finger flower. < as lemmas |
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