单词 | margaret flower |
释义 | > as lemmasMargaret flower 1. A daisy; esp. the common daisy, Bellis perennis, and the ox-eye daisy, Leucanthemum vulgare. More fully Margaret flower. Cf. herb Margaret n. at herb n. Compounds 2b, marguerite n. British regional in later use. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > composite flowers > daisy daisyc1000 bruisewortOE primerolea1350 Margaretc1425 gowan1570 primrose1579 marguerite1605 bruise root1698 dog daisy1821 ewe-flower1825 marguerite1847 c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) i. 1206 (MED) Aurora..With þe swetnes of hir siluer schoures Bedewed had..Þe sote lillye and þe margarete For to vnclose her tender leuys white. ?1504 S. Hawes Example of Vertu sig. gg.iv Bryngynge me a floure called the margarete. c1518 R. Amadas in J. Gutch Collectanea Curiosa (1781) II. xxviii. 284 Item deliveryd oone peyre of gilte Pottys chafid with Portcullys and Margaret Flouers poiss. iiijcxxvij ounces. 1532 (a1475) Assembly of Ladies 57 in W. W. Skeat Chaucerian & Other Pieces (1897) 382 With margarettes growing in ordinaunce. a1607 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball (MS notes) (Bibl. Mus. Brit. 442, h. 9) p. 126 (Britten & Holl.) Brave Margaret. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Ox-eye,..also an Herb otherwise call'd Great Margaret, good for Wounds and the King's Evil. 1888 F. A. Lees Flora W. Yorks. 285 Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum L. ‘Ox-eye’. Moon Daisy. Dog Daisy. ‘Margarets’. < as lemmas |
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