| 单词 | lark's foot |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslark's foot lark's foot n. (also larks foot) now rare a larkspur; esp. the common larkspur, Delphinium consolida. [Compare post-classical Latin pes alaudae (15th cent. in a British glossarial source: see quot. a1500), Middle French, French pied-d'alouette (1557 or earlier).] 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 > delphinium or larkspur red maytheeOE brown maythec1450 lark's foota1500 red maidweed1548 consound1578 lark's claw1578 larkspur1578 ox-eye1578 red camomile1578 Adonis1597 lark-heel1597 lark's toes1597 monkshood1597 rose-a-ruby1597 delphinium1666 pheasant's eye1727 red Morocco1760 rocket larkspur1778 blue rocket larkspur1784 bee-larkspur1846 a1500 MS Harl. 3388 in T. O. Cockayne Leechdoms, Wortcunning, & Starcraft (1866) III. 335 Larkesfote, pes alaudæ. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §510 This Experiment of severall Colours, comming up from one seed, would be tried also in Larkes-Fott. 1792 Nat. Hist. Insects xv. 166 The Caterpillar of the lark's foot, an herb so called, is of a curious colour, variegated with streaks and spots. 1940 R. E. Clarkson Green Enchantment iii. 64 Flowers, some bearing names long forgotten but loved and cherished in the old days, as they are now under other names..sweetbrier, lark's foot, heartsease,..holyoaks. < as lemmas |
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