| 单词 | lent lily |
| 释义 | > as lemmasLent lily Lent lily n. (and adj.) often literary and poetic the wild daffodil, Narcissus pseudonarcissus, esp. of the variety native to England and Wales; also as adj. with reference to the yellow colour of this flower. [Compare earlier Lent rose n. (a) and Lide-lily n. at Lide n. Compounds 2.] ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > daffodil and allied flowers > daffodil daffodilly1538 daffadowndilly1573 yellow crow-bells1578 daffodil1592 Lide-flower1609 Lide-lily1609 trumpet1705 daffy1777 Lent rose1796 chalice-flower1824 Lent lilya1825 Lenten lily1874 dilly1878 Golden Spur1886 trumpet daffodil1895 King Alfred1899 daff1915 bell-rose- a1825 T. F. Forster Pocket Encycl. Nat. Phenomena (1827) ii. 105 Lent Lily or Double early Daffodil Narcissus Pseudonarcissus plenus. 1872 Ld. Tennyson Gareth & Lynette 57 A silk pavilion,..all Lent-lily in hue. 1879 S. Hibberd Familiar Garden Flowers I. 155 As the trumpet daffodils are called ‘Lent lilies’, so the spring flowering hellebores are called ‘Lent roses’. 1917 D. H. Lawrence Look! We have come Through! 158 The chill lent lilies..slow-blooded, icy-fleshed, portentous. 2016 Kent & Sussex Courier (Nexis) 31 Aug. (Features section) 6 If you have longer grass and a wildflower meadow-style planting area, try planting snakeshead fritillaries, and native Lent lilies. < as lemmas |
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