honey flowern.

Brit.

/ˈhʌnɪ ˌflaʊə/, U.S.

/ˈhəni ˌflaʊər/

Forms: see honey n. and adj. and flower n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: honey n., flower n.

Etymology: < honey n. + flower n.

1. Any of various plants having flowers yielding abundant nectar favoured by bees, or having a honey-like scent. Also: the flowers themselves.

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honey flowerc1500

honey plant1815

c1500 (?a1437) Kingis Quair (1939) cxvii. 78 And of my cristall teris that bene schede, The hony flouris growen up and sprede.

1600 N. Breton Melancholike Humours in Wks. (1879) I. sig. C2^v The Bee doth finde her hony flower, the Butterflie her leafe.

1663 J. Beale Let. 9 Nov. in R. Boyle Corr. (2001) II. 157 Baulme hath beene allwayes esteemed the chiefe of Honey flowers, best beloved, & most friendly to Bees.

1709 T. Robinson Vindic. Mosaick Syst. 91 in Ess. Nat. Hist. Westmorland & Cumberland Honey..which they suck out of the Honey-Flowers, as the Honey-Suckle, Lamb-Suckle, the Clover Flowers.

1795 Asiatick Researches 4 262 Flowers... scented like those of hawthorn, but far sweeter; and thence the Portuguese called them honey-flowers.

1836 Paxton's Mag. Bot. 2 107 Hoya carnosa—white—honey-flower.

1887 J. Service Life Dr. Duguid vi. 36 All sorts of honey-flowers, marigolds, pansies, roses, clover.

1974 B. Angier Field Guide Edible Wild Plants 80 The great willow herbs, as they are also known, are valuable honey flowers.

2005 L. G. Ford Color Expressions iii. 49 The aroma of sweet honey flowers embraced my senses.

2. Any of several South African shrubs of the genus Melianthus, having large, pinnate glaucous leaves and brown nectar-rich flowers; esp. M. major, which is grown as an ornamental.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > non-British shrubs > [noun] > African

Aspalathus1601

othonne1601

honey flower1712

amber tree1719

Melianthus1731

rhinoceros bush1731

Hottentot cherry1740

sparmannia1801

renosterbos1822

ratsbane1846

black parsley1861

tail-grape1884

milk-tree1885

poison-bush1885

rooibos1893

Natal bottlebrush1907

moonflower1913

1712 J. Petiver in Philos. Trans. 1710–12 (Royal Soc.) 27 421 Great Cape Honey-Flower.

1731 G. Medley tr. P. Kolb Present State Cape Good-Hope II. 243 These Honey-flowers contain a great deal of sweet juice.

1805 C. Milne Bot. Dict. (ed. 3) at Stipula In the African species of honey-flower and butcher's broom, there is only a single scale of this kind.

1882 J. Smith Dict. Econ. Plants Honey-flower,..a soft-wooded shrub..The flowers are of a dark brown colour.

1918 N. L. Britton Flora of Bermuda 227 Honey-flower, South African, occasionally grown for ornament and interest, is a glabrous shrub.

1986 T. C. Fuller & E. C. McClintock Poisonous Plants Calif. 192 Melianthus comosus Cape Honey Flower.

2005 Ireland's Own 21 Jan. 14/1 An evergreen to put in a pot is the Honey flower.

3. English regional. The bee orchid, Ophrys apifera. Now historical and rare.

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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

satyrionOE

bollockwort?a1300

sanicle14..

bollock?a1425

martagon1548

orchis1559

dogstones1562

hare's-ballocks1562

stone1562

bollock grass1578

dog's cods1578

dog's cullions1578

double-leaf1578

fly-orchis1578

goat's cullions1578

goat's orchis1578

priest's pintle1578

twayblade1578

bee-orchis1597

bifoil1597

bird's nest1597

bird's orchis1597

butterfly orchis1597

fenny-stones1597

gelded satyrion1597

gnat satyrion1597

humble-bee orchis1597

lady's slipper1597

sweet ballocks1597

two-blade1605

cullions1611

bee-flower1626

fly-flower1640

man orchis1670

musk orchis1670

moccasin flower1680

gnat-flower1688

faham tea1728

Ophrys1754

green man orchis1762

Arethusa1764

honey flower1771

cypripedium1775

rattlesnake plantain1778

Venus's slipper1785

Adam and Eve1789

lizard orchis179.

epidendrum1791

Pogonia?1801

Vanda1801

cymbidium1815

Oncidium1822

putty-root1822

Noah's Ark1826

yellow moccasin1826

gongora1827

cattleya1828

green man1828

nervine1828

stanhopea1829

dove-flower1831

catasetum1836

Odontoglossum1836

Miltonia1837

letter plant1838

spread eagle1838

letter-leaf1839

swan-plant1841

orchid1843

disa1844

masdevallia1845

Phalaenopsis1846

faham1850

Indian crocus1850

moccasin plant1850

pleione1851

dove orchis1852

nerve root1854

Holy Ghost flower1862

basket-plant1865

lizard's tongue1866

mousetail1866

Sobralia1866

swan-neck1866

swanwort1866

Indian shoe1876

odontoglot1879

wreathewort1879

moth orchid1880

rattlesnake orchid1881

dendrobe1882

dove-plant1882

Madeira orchis1882

man orchis1882

swan-flower1884

slipper-orchid1885

slipper orchis1889

mayflower1894

scorpion orchid1897

moederkappie1910

dove orchid1918

monkey orchid1925

man orchid1927

1771 C. Milne Inst. Bot. i. 109 Irregular flowers with six petals are exemplified in orchis, ladies-slipper and honey-flower.

1879 J. Britten & R. Holland Dict. Eng. Plant-names Honey-flower (Kent).

1955 G. Grigson Englishman's Flora 423 Bee orchid. Ophrys apifera... Local names... Honey-flower, Kent.

2006 J. Lawton Flowers & Fables 11 ‘Humble-bee flower’ from Kent, ‘honey-flower’ from Surrey and from Somerset ‘dumble dor’, which is an old country name for a humble bee.

4. Australian. The mountain devil, Lambertia formosa, which has nectar-rich flowers.

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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] > non-British flowers > of Australia

honey flower1799

rengarenga1835

tongue-flower1884

flannel-flower1895

kangaroo paw1902

milkmaids1930

mountain devil1949

1799 Naturalist's Pocket Mag. 6 at Honey Flower of New South Wales The Honey Flower of New South Wales..may be considered as a melliferous shrub.

1802 Barrington's Hist. New S. Wales iv. 101 They returned..dreadfully exhausted, having existed chiefly by sucking the wild honey-flower and shrubs.

1896 Agric. Gaz. New S. Wales 7 272 The Honey-flower (Lambertia formosa), with its red tubular flowers, and fruit shaped like a ram's head, is here in the greatest luxuriance.

1914 H. M. Vaughan Australasian Wander-year 72 Another very striking plant was the Honey Flower.

2005 A. Fairley & D. Waterhouse West Sydney Wild iii. 55 Beneath..are hardy shrubs such as Flaky-barked Tea-tree, Hairpin Banksia and Honey Flower.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	honey flower
释义	honey flowern. Brit. /ˈhʌnɪ ˌflaʊə/, U.S. /ˈhəni ˌflaʊər/ Forms: see honey n. and adj. and flower n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: honey n., flower n. Etymology: < honey n. + flower n. 1. Any of various plants having flowers yielding abundant nectar favoured by bees, or having a honey-like scent. Also: the flowers themselves. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > plant substances > [noun] > nectar or honey-dew > plant yielding honey flowerc1500 honey plant1815 c1500 (?a1437) Kingis Quair (1939) cxvii. 78 And of my cristall teris that bene schede, The hony flouris growen up and sprede. 1600 N. Breton Melancholike Humours in Wks. (1879) I. sig. C2^v The Bee doth finde her hony flower, the Butterflie her leafe. 1663 J. Beale Let. 9 Nov. in R. Boyle Corr. (2001) II. 157 Baulme hath beene allwayes esteemed the chiefe of Honey flowers, best beloved, & most friendly to Bees. 1709 T. Robinson Vindic. Mosaick Syst. 91 in Ess. Nat. Hist. Westmorland & Cumberland Honey..which they suck out of the Honey-Flowers, as the Honey-Suckle, Lamb-Suckle, the Clover Flowers. 1795 Asiatick Researches 4 262 Flowers... scented like those of hawthorn, but far sweeter; and thence the Portuguese called them honey-flowers. 1836 Paxton's Mag. Bot. 2 107 Hoya carnosa—white—honey-flower. 1887 J. Service Life Dr. Duguid vi. 36 All sorts of honey-flowers, marigolds, pansies, roses, clover. 1974 B. Angier Field Guide Edible Wild Plants 80 The great willow herbs, as they are also known, are valuable honey flowers. 2005 L. G. Ford Color Expressions iii. 49 The aroma of sweet honey flowers embraced my senses. 2. Any of several South African shrubs of the genus Melianthus, having large, pinnate glaucous leaves and brown nectar-rich flowers; esp. M. major, which is grown as an ornamental. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > non-British shrubs > [noun] > African Aspalathus1601 othonne1601 honey flower1712 amber tree1719 Melianthus1731 rhinoceros bush1731 Hottentot cherry1740 sparmannia1801 renosterbos1822 ratsbane1846 black parsley1861 tail-grape1884 milk-tree1885 poison-bush1885 rooibos1893 Natal bottlebrush1907 moonflower1913 1712 J. Petiver in Philos. Trans. 1710–12 (Royal Soc.) 27 421 Great Cape Honey-Flower. 1731 G. Medley tr. P. Kolb Present State Cape Good-Hope II. 243 These Honey-flowers contain a great deal of sweet juice. 1805 C. Milne Bot. Dict. (ed. 3) at Stipula In the African species of honey-flower and butcher's broom, there is only a single scale of this kind. 1882 J. Smith Dict. Econ. Plants Honey-flower,..a soft-wooded shrub..The flowers are of a dark brown colour. 1918 N. L. Britton Flora of Bermuda 227 Honey-flower, South African, occasionally grown for ornament and interest, is a glabrous shrub. 1986 T. C. Fuller & E. C. McClintock Poisonous Plants Calif. 192 Melianthus comosus Cape Honey Flower. 2005 Ireland's Own 21 Jan. 14/1 An evergreen to put in a pot is the Honey flower. 3. English regional. The bee orchid, Ophrys apifera. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > orchids satyrionOE bollockwort?a1300 sanicle14.. bollock?a1425 martagon1548 orchis1559 dogstones1562 hare's-ballocks1562 stone1562 bollock grass1578 dog's cods1578 dog's cullions1578 double-leaf1578 fly-orchis1578 goat's cullions1578 goat's orchis1578 priest's pintle1578 twayblade1578 bee-orchis1597 bifoil1597 bird's nest1597 bird's orchis1597 butterfly orchis1597 fenny-stones1597 gelded satyrion1597 gnat satyrion1597 humble-bee orchis1597 lady's slipper1597 sweet ballocks1597 two-blade1605 cullions1611 bee-flower1626 fly-flower1640 man orchis1670 musk orchis1670 moccasin flower1680 gnat-flower1688 faham tea1728 Ophrys1754 green man orchis1762 Arethusa1764 honey flower1771 cypripedium1775 rattlesnake plantain1778 Venus's slipper1785 Adam and Eve1789 lizard orchis179. epidendrum1791 Pogonia?1801 Vanda1801 cymbidium1815 Oncidium1822 putty-root1822 Noah's Ark1826 yellow moccasin1826 gongora1827 cattleya1828 green man1828 nervine1828 stanhopea1829 dove-flower1831 catasetum1836 Odontoglossum1836 Miltonia1837 letter plant1838 spread eagle1838 letter-leaf1839 swan-plant1841 orchid1843 disa1844 masdevallia1845 Phalaenopsis1846 faham1850 Indian crocus1850 moccasin plant1850 pleione1851 dove orchis1852 nerve root1854 Holy Ghost flower1862 basket-plant1865 lizard's tongue1866 mousetail1866 Sobralia1866 swan-neck1866 swanwort1866 Indian shoe1876 odontoglot1879 wreathewort1879 moth orchid1880 rattlesnake orchid1881 dendrobe1882 dove-plant1882 Madeira orchis1882 man orchis1882 swan-flower1884 slipper-orchid1885 slipper orchis1889 mayflower1894 scorpion orchid1897 moederkappie1910 dove orchid1918 monkey orchid1925 man orchid1927 1771 C. Milne Inst. Bot. i. 109 Irregular flowers with six petals are exemplified in orchis, ladies-slipper and honey-flower. 1879 J. Britten & R. Holland Dict. Eng. Plant-names Honey-flower (Kent). 1955 G. Grigson Englishman's Flora 423 Bee orchid. Ophrys apifera... Local names... Honey-flower, Kent. 2006 J. Lawton Flowers & Fables 11 ‘Humble-bee flower’ from Kent, ‘honey-flower’ from Surrey and from Somerset ‘dumble dor’, which is an old country name for a humble bee. 4. Australian. The mountain devil, Lambertia formosa, which has nectar-rich flowers. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > non-British flowers > of Australia honey flower1799 rengarenga1835 tongue-flower1884 flannel-flower1895 kangaroo paw1902 milkmaids1930 mountain devil1949 1799 Naturalist's Pocket Mag. 6 at Honey Flower of New South Wales The Honey Flower of New South Wales..may be considered as a melliferous shrub. 1802 Barrington's Hist. New S. Wales iv. 101 They returned..dreadfully exhausted, having existed chiefly by sucking the wild honey-flower and shrubs. 1896 Agric. Gaz. New S. Wales 7 272 The Honey-flower (Lambertia formosa), with its red tubular flowers, and fruit shaped like a ram's head, is here in the greatest luxuriance. 1914 H. M. Vaughan Australasian Wander-year 72 Another very striking plant was the Honey Flower. 2005 A. Fairley & D. Waterhouse West Sydney Wild iii. 55 Beneath..are hardy shrubs such as Flaky-barked Tea-tree, Hairpin Banksia and Honey Flower. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.c1500
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