| 单词 | john-go-to-bed-at-noon |
| 释义 | > as lemmasJohn-go-to-bed-at-noon John-go-to-bed-at-noon n. (also †John-that-goes-to-bed-at-noon) any of several plants having flowers that close at midday, esp. the goat's beard Tragopogon pratensis and scarlet pimpernel, Anagallis arvensis; cf. earlier go-to-bed-at-noon n. at go v. Compounds 3, and jack-go-to-bed-at-noon n. at Jack n.2 Phrases 4. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Compositae (composite plants) > [noun] > goat's beard goat's beardc1400 bucks-beard1551 Joseph's flower1578 Tragopogon1578 noontide1597 John-go-to-bed-at-noon1759 sleep-at-noon1779 nap-at-noon1828 jack-go-to-bed-at-noon1847 1759 R. Pultney in Philos. Trans. 1758 (Royal Soc.) 50 508 Our country people long since called it John-go-to-bed-at-noon. 1827 J. Clare Shepherd's Cal. 48 Which weeders see, and talk of rain; And boys, that mark them shut so soon, Call ‘John that goes bed at noon’. 1936 C. Sandburg People, Yes xciii. 244 John-go-to-bed-at-noon is the goat's beard plant shutting itself at twelve o'clock and show again only when the next day's sun is out. 1991 R. Strong Celebration of Gardens 149 Many plants have received names indicatory of their habits; thus Four-o'clocks, Morning Glory, Evening Glory, John-go-to-bed-at-noon, [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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