单词 | husbandman's dial |
释义 | > as lemmashusbandman's dial husbandman's dial n. rare (now historical) the pot marigold, Calendula officinalis. ΚΠ 1568 T. Hill Proffitable Arte Gardening (rev. ed.) ii. xxxi. f. 107 This flower [sc. Marigold] also of certayne, is named the husbande mans Dyall, for that the same soo aptly declareth, the howers of the morning and eueninge, by the openynge, and shuttynge of it. 1577 Hill's Gardeners Labyrinth ii. ix. 31 The Marigolde..is of some named the Husband mans Dyall. 1929 T.P.'s Weekly 12 Oct. 708/1 Sun's Spouse, Husbandman's Dial, and the Sun's Bride were other names, due to the fact that it was believed the flower [sc. the marigold] turned its face always in the sun's direction. 2005 R. Binney Love, Luck & Lessons for Life 67 The garden marigold got its nicknames of ‘husbandman's dial’ and ‘summer's bride’ from its purported aphrodisiac properties. < as lemmas |
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