| 单词 | granny's bonnet |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgranny's bonnet granny's bonnet n. originally English regional (also in form granny's bonnets, with singular agreement) any of various plants whose flowers are thought to resemble granny bonnets, esp. a columbine (genus Aquilegia); (also) a flower of such a plant; cf. granny bonnet n. (b), granny's nightcap n. ΚΠ 1905 Eng. Dial. Dict.: Suppl. 120/2 Granny's bonnet, the columbine, Aquilegia vulgaris. 1955 G. Grigson Englishman's Flora 153 Water Avens. Geum rivale L. Local names..Fairies' bath, granny's bonnet, Dor. 1984 J. Frame Angel at my Table (1987) xiv. 97 Going up the O's path past the granny's bonnets to the front door. 2000 Country Illustr. Apr. 106/2 (caption) The happy-go-lucky Granny's Bonnets, a variety of columbine..may become too much of a good thing, but who has the heart to turf them out? 2000 M. Hales Monastic Gardens vii. 133/2 Here there are purple granny's bonnets (Aquilegia vulgaris) and dark-yellow Welsh poppies (Meconopsis cambrica). < as lemmas |
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