| 单词 | lady's eardrops |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslady's eardrops lady's eardrops n. (also lady's eardrop) now chiefly historical any of several plants having drooping flowers supposed to resemble earrings; esp. fuchsia and (U.S.) †bleeding heart (genus Dicentra). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > fuchsia fuchsia1753 lady's eardrops1829 konini1867 tree fuchsia- 1829 A. H. Lincoln Familiar Lect. Bot. xxv. 145 The Ladies'-ear-drop, (Fuschia [sic],) is a beautiful exotic. It has a funnel-form calyx, of a brilliant red colour. 1895 Atlantic Monthly Apr. 460/2 The dicentra, or ‘dielytra’ (bleeding-heart or lady's-eardrops we called it), had long, gracefully drooping racemes of bright red-pink flowers. 1908 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Green Gables i. 1 A little hollow, fringed with alders and ladies' eardrops. 2006 Seattle Times (Nexis) 6 May They were once nicknamed ‘Lady's Eardrops’ for their resemblance to Victorian earrings. < as lemmas |
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