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单词 gandergoose
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gandergoosen.

Forms: 1500s gandergose, gandergosses, 1600s ganderglass ( gandergrass), 1500s–1800s gandergoose (1800s gandigoslings). Also 1500s kandlegostes, 1800s dandy goshen, dandy goslings.
Etymology: Of uncertain origin. Skinner (1671) suggests gander n. and goss = gorse n., but the proper form of the word is doubtful.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈgandergoose.
Obsolete exc. dialect.
The plant Orchis mascula.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > orchids > early purple orchids
standengussa1400
standelworta1500
gandergoose?1550
adder's grass1551
ragwort1552
cuckoo orchis1578
fool's ballocks1578
Palma Christi1578
standergrass1578
fool's stones1597
fox-stones1597
goat's stones1597
goat stones1597
testicles1597
dead man's finger1604
long purples1604
dead man's thumb1652
man orchis1670
monkey orchisa1678
meadow orchis1753
military orchis1784
male orchis1785
ram's horn1832
lady orchis1846
dead man's hand1853
scorpion plant1866
phalaenopsid1880
walking orchid1910
soldier orchid1934
?1550 H. Llwyd tr. Pope John XXI Treasury of Healthe sig. E.ii Anoint the eyes that are blearid wt the ioyce of gandergose or lady traces.
1552 T. Cooper Bibliotheca Eliotæ (rev. ed.) Orchis..some call it in English gander~goose some raggewoorte.
a1609 J. Dennys Secrets of Angling (1613) i. xxxvii. sig. B7 Purple Narcissus, like the morning rayes, Pale Ganderglass, and azour Culverkayes.
1783 Ainsworth's Thes. Linguæ Latinæ (new ed.) ii Cynosorchis..also gander-goose, or rag-wort.1893 G. E. Dartnell & E. H. Goddard Gloss. Words Wilts. Gandigoslings, early Purple Orchis. Also Dandy-goslings.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

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gander-goose
gander-goose n.
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1631 R. Brathwait Whimzies iv. 9 As one borne to more meanes than braines, hee behaves himselfe like a very Gandergoose.
extracted from gandern.
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