单词 | king-cob |
释义 | > as lemmasking-cob ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > buttercup and allied flowers > buttercup butterflower1527 kingcup1538 crow-flower1597 king-cob1597 gilt cup1610 pissabed1640 Goldilocks1650 craysec1652 buttercup1688 yellow cup1824 bulbous buttercup1844 goldballs1854 Meg-many-feet1878 clovewort1886 sitfast1901 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 805 Crowfoote is called..in English King kob. 1672 W. Salmon Polygraphice i. xxiii. 62 June is drawn in a mantle of Dark grass-green; upon his head a Coronet of Bents, King-cobs, and Maiden-hair. 1835 E. Matthews Orig. Hymns & Moral Poems (ed. 2) 9 We'll mingle the woodbines and violets blue, And the cowslips that lie at our feet, With king-cobs and daisies of every hue, And make our gay garland complete. 1884 Naturalist's World 1 178/1 I have repeatedly heard people in the rural districts of Cambridgeshire call them [sc. buttercups] ‘king cobs’, evidently a corruption of ‘king cops’. < as lemmas |
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