| 单词 | may-blob |
| 释义 | > as lemmasMay-blob May-blob n. [compare mareblob n., moll-blob n.] chiefly British regional the marsh marigold, Caltha palustris; (also) any of several other spring-flowering plants. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > buttercup and allied flowers > marsh marigold kingcup1538 petty nenuphar1548 bassinet1578 brave celandine1578 marsh marigold1578 boots1597 caltha1599 mareblob1649 water boot1665 horse-blob1821 water-blob1821 molly-blob1854 May-blob1863 drunkard1886 1863 Phytologist New Ser. 6 416 The Caltha palustris is called ‘May~blobs’ by the children who gather the flower in the meadows near Warwick; they also call the Wood Anemone (A. nemorosa) ‘Granny's Nightcap’. 1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) 192 May-blob, the marsh-marigold. 1903 Eng. Dial. Dict. IV. 62/2 May-blob..(b) the cuckoo-flower, Cardamine pratensis; (c) the globe-flower, Trollius europaeus; (d) the celery-leaved crowfoot, Ranunculus sceleratus. 1908 Pacific Monthly 20 94/2 Could they or their children after them pick out a May-blob from a May-pop? 1916 D. H. Lawrence Amores 38 I can smell the gorgeous bog-end, in its breathless Dazzle of may-blobs. 1960 S. Ary & M. Gregory Oxf. Bk. Wild Flowers 4/2 Marsh Marigold (Caltha palustris)... The plant has many other names such as Kingcup and May Blobs. < as lemmas |
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