| 单词 | long purples |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslong purples long purples n. originally British regional (now rare) any of several plants having long purple flower spikes, esp. the early purple orchid, Orchis mascula, and purple loosestrife, Lythrum salicaria; (in singular) a flower of such a plant.The identity of the plant in quot. 1604 is uncertain. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > orchids > early purple orchids standengussa1400 standelworta1500 gandergoose?1550 adder's grass1551 ragwort1552 cuckoo orchis1578 fool's ballocks1578 Palma Christi1578 standergrass1578 fool's stones1597 fox-stones1597 goat's stones1597 goat stones1597 testicles1597 dead man's finger1604 long purples1604 dead man's thumb1652 man orchis1670 monkey orchisa1678 meadow orchis1753 military orchis1784 male orchis1785 ram's horn1832 lady orchis1846 dead man's hand1853 scorpion plant1866 phalaenopsid1880 walking orchid1910 soldier orchid1934 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iv. vii. 141 Therewith fantastique garlands did she make Of Crowflowers, Nettles, Daisies, and long Purples. 1777 J. Lightfoot Flora Scotica I. 515 The spikes of these flowers are the Long-Purples, or dead men's fingers, which helped to compose poor Ophelia's garlands. 1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel II. 210 (Gloss.) Long purples, purple loose-strife. 1990 D. G. Spoerke & S. C. Smolinske Toxicity Houseplants Index 238/1 Long purples, see Digitalis purpurea. 2002 J. Browne Charles Darwin v. 170 The common orchid, Orchis mascula, usually known as Shakespeare's long purples. < as lemmas |
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