| 单词 | lady's looking glass |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslady's looking glass lady's looking glass n. (also lady's glass) [compare Dutch vrouwenspiegel (1554), post-classical Latin speculum Veneris (see Venus looking-glass n. at Venus n.1 Compounds 2b)] now rare a plant of the genus Legiosa (formerly included in Campanula), probably L. speculum-veneris; cf. Venus looking-glass n. at Venus n.1 Compounds 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > bellflowers bell-flower1578 bluebell1578 Canterbury bells1578 Coventry bells1578 Coventry Marians1578 Coventry rapes1578 fair-in-sight1578 gauntlet1578 haskwort1578 Marian's violet1578 throatwort1578 lady's looking glass1597 mariet1597 Mercury's violet1597 peach-bells1597 steeple bells1597 uvula-wort1597 Venus looking-glass1597 campanula1664 Spanish bell1664 corn-violet1665 rampion1688 Venus' glass1728 harebell1767 heath-bell1805 witch bell1808 slipperwort1813 meadow-bell1827 greygle1844 platycodon1844 lady's thimble1853 kikyo1884 witches' bells1884 balloon flower1901 fairy thimble1914 mountain bell1923 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 356 Venus Looking glasse..is called..Speculum Veneris, or Ladies glasse. 1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum 1740 Ladies, or Venus looking-glasse. 1682 N. Grew Disc. Colours of Plants v. i. §15 in Anat. Plants 271 The youngest Buds of Ladys-Lookinglass. 1828 Loudon's Gardener's Mag. Mar. 456 Campánula Spéculum..or Ladies' Looking-glass; probably from the shining surface of the seeds. 1884 R. Folkard Plant Lore, Legends & Lyrics 402 Campanula Hybrida (from the resemblance of its expanded flower, set on its elongated ovary, to an ancient metallic mirror on its straight handle) is the Lady's Looking-glass. 1911 C. M. Skinner Myths & Legends Flowers 12 All flowers that bear the name of lady are dedicated to Our Lady the Virgin. Such are the lady's slipper..lady's looking-glass, lady's seal [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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