单词 | kingcup |
释义 | kingcupn. Originally: any of several plants of the genus Ranunculus having bright yellow, cup-shaped flowers, spec. the buttercups R. bulbosus, R. acris, and R. repens, and lesser celandine, R. ficaria (now rare). In later use chiefly: the marsh marigold, Caltha palustris. Also: a flower of any of these plants. 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 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 > marsh marigold kingcup1538 petty nenuphar1548 bassinet1578 brave celandine1578 marsh marigold1578 boots1597 caltha1599 mareblob1649 water boot1665 horse-blob1821 water-blob1821 molly-blob1854 May-blob1863 drunkard1886 1538 W. Turner Libellus de re Herbaria at Ranvncvlvs Eius flos uocatur Kyngcuppe, aut a Golland. 1551 W. Turner New Herball sig. I.vv In the toppe of the stalke [of chameleuce] is a yelow floure like vnto the kyngcuppe called Ranunculus. 1562 W. Bullein Bk. Simples f. xxxiiijv, in Bulwarke of Defence This herbe [sc. Chelidon or Scrofularia minor] hath yelow flowers, varnished within like gilte, whome the common people call Kynge Cuppes. 1612 H. Peacham Gentlemans Exercise ii. vii. 134 Iune in a mantle of darke grasse greene, vpon his head a garland of bents, king-cups, and maidens haire. 1630 M. Drayton Muses Elisivm ii. 18 Water-Cans and King-cups ranck. 1657 S. Purchas Theatre Flying-insects xv. 94 Hawthorn, Elder, white Honysuckle, King-cup, Pease, double Gies. 1710 A. Philips Pastorals iv. 8 Lo! here the King-Cup of a Golden Hue, Medley'd with Daisies white, and Endive blue. 1785 W. Cowper Task vi. 303 To gather king-cups in the yellow mead. 1792 T. Martyn Flora Rustica I. 30 These three Crowfoots are confounded by persons ignorant of Botany under the names of Butter-flowers, Butter-cups, King-Cups, Gold-cups and Gold-knops. 1807 W. Wordsworth Poems I. 22 Pansies, Lilies, Kingcups, Daisies, Let them live upon their praises. 1833 Ld. Tennyson Poems 38 Methinks that I could tell you all The cowslips and the kingcups there. 1943 F. Thompson Candleford Green ix. 148 There were kingcups..and cowslips and pale purple milkmaids in the water-meadows. 1980 M. Shoard Theft of Countryside ii. ix. 93 The pastel-green meadows belong to lapwings and kingcups, redshanks and ragged robin, cattle and horses and an endless variety of grasses. 2012 B. Terry Beyond Beauty iii. 45 We found this remarkable apparition standing sentry in a perfect garden of yellow kingcups. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1538 |
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