α. 1800s– love entangled.
β. 1800s– love entangle.
单词 | love entangled |
释义 | love entangledn.α. 1800s– love entangled. β. 1800s– love entangle. English regional (south-western), Irish English, and U.S. Any of various flowering plants; esp. †(a) yarrow (genus Achillea) (obsolete); (b) any of various stonecrops ( Sedum); (c) love-in-a-mist ( Nigella damascena). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Crassulaceae (stonecrop and allies) > [noun] nenta1793 love entangled1836 1836 A. E. Bray Descr. Devonshire bordering Tamar & Tavy I. 318 We have a plant called seven years' love, and love entangled, a wild picturesque flower that grows on the tops of old houses. 1841 S. C. Hall & A. M. Hall Ireland I. 128 Sometimes they are overgrown by weed called ‘love-entangled’, and the golden stone-crop. 1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words I Love-entangle, the nigella. Cornw. 1855 Horticulturist 5 416 Sedum acre; (Yellow stone crop, or ‘Love entangle’), doing well in either sunshine or shade, and a most abundant bloomer. 1890 Bismarck (N. Dakota) Daily Tribune 18 June 4/2 The morning breeze..swept softly in over a bunch of ‘love entangled’ that grew in a little flower pot on the window ledge. 1892 Jrnl. Amer. Folk-lore 5 96 Sedum acre, love entangled. 1911 W. S. Rogers Garden Planning App. 393 Sedum..sexangulare..Love entangled. 1955 G. Grigson Englishman's Flora 136 Lamb's toes, N'hants, War, Leic, Notts, Lincs; love entangled, Corn. 1999 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch (Nexis) 24 Apr. (Lifestyle section) 2 Love-in-a-mist (Nigella damascena), frilly blue flowers followed by intriguing seed pods, appearing in English gardens around 1570 with such imaginative folk names as Devil-in-a-Bush, Love-Entangle..and Jack-in-Prison. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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