单词 | mayflower |
释义 | mayflowern. 1. Any of various plants flowering in May, esp. the primrose ( Primula vulgaris), the cuckooflower ( Cardamine pratensis), the marsh marigold ( Caltha palustris), and (formerly) the cowslip ( Primula veris). Also: the flower of such a plant, esp. as used in May-time decorations. Also figurative. Now chiefly British regional. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > names applied to various flowers heliotropec1000 flower jaunette1423 helichrysum1551 sunflower1562 Armeria1578 hyacinth1578 pimpernel1578 vaccin1589 heliochryse1593 purple1604 sunflower1622 mayflower1626 starflower1629 bluebottle1648 pink1731 trumpet-flower1732 fly-wort1753 witches' thimbles1820 honey plant1824 black-eyed Susan1836 shell-flower1845 pincushion1847 pincushion flower1856 nightingale1862 garland-flower1866 paper-white1880 1527 L. Andrewe tr. H. Brunschwig Vertuose Boke Distyllacyon lxix. sig. L.v/2 Water of May or parke floures... Lilium conuallium in latyn. 1576 G. Gascoigne Steele Glas (1868) 119 I hope very shortly to see the May flowers of your fauour. 1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 26/2 Water of Mayflowers for the strickinge. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §507 They are commonly of rancke and fulsome Smell; As May-Flowers, and White Lillies. 1659 J. Howell Prov. Eng. Toung 12/1 in Παροιμιογραϕια April showers bring forth May flowers. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 70 The Cowslip..we call it a May-flower. 1743 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman (Dublin ed.) May vii. 89 Then put into the remaining green Liquor some May Flowers, or Leaves..of Black-thorn. ?1770 W. J. Mickle tr. L. de Camoens First Bk. Lusiad 44 May-flowers crowding o'er the daisy-lawn. 1817 J. Keats I stood Tip-toe 29 A bush of May-flowers with the bees about them. 1853 G. Johnston Terra Lindisfarnensis I. 33 Cardamine pratensis... In Roxburghshire..it is called the May-flower. 1884 Folk-lore Jrnl. 2 90 On May Eve they pull bunches of the ‘May Flower’ (kingcup, or marsh marigold, Caltha palustris), and put them over the doors of their houses [in Donegal]. 1904 Folk-lore 15 457 On last May Eve,..I saw our cook coming in with a great bunch of May-flowers. 1975 A. Deyell My Shetland 93 Dee an Me, an da scent o' da meyfloors. 1994 in R. Vickery Dict. Plant-lore (1995) 294 Primroses, or mayflowers, always used here [i.e. at Ballymote, Co. Sligo] to decorate the May altar. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > apple > other apples Bretonc1390 stur1483 marigold apple1577 fritter1591 Margaret1597 critling1611 cat's-head1617 rosiar1620 rose apple1626 snouting1651 roundling1655 mayflower1664 red greening1664 seaming1664 sheep's snout1664 spicing apple1664 violet-apple1664 pomme d'api1676 rathe-ripe1677 rose1678 lady's finger1688 stone apple1736 sops-in-wine1764 stone pippin1769 Manx codlin1818 Rymer1820 Roxbury russet1826 souring1832 genet1833 tompot1836 Wagener1848 flesh and blood1853 pick-thong1871 virgin1886 Jon1931 Idared1942 1664 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense 72 in Sylva Apples..Cushion Apple, Spicing, May-flower. 3. North American. a. The trailing arbutus, Epigaea repens. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > climbing or creeping plants > non-British climbing or creeping plants > [noun] > North American woodbine1624 Virginia vine1629 staff-tree1633 Virginia creeper?1703 climbing vine1760 mayflower1778 pepper vine1783 arbutus1785 trailing arbutus1785 pipe vine1803 Ampelopsis1805 ground-laurel1814 waxwork1818 ivory plum1828 fever twig1830 yerba buena1847 mountain pink1850 New England mayflower1855 creeping snowberry1856 Virginian creeper1856 May blossom1871 sand verbena1880 staff-vine1884 1778 J. Carver Trav. N.-Amer. 520 May Flowers, Jessamine, Honeysuckles. 1853 W. H. Bartlett Pilgrim Fathers iii. 182 The beautiful May-flower—with its delicate roseate blossom and delicious scent. 1882 Garden 13 May 323/1 The May-flower..is the emblem of Nova Scotia, with the motto, ‘We bloom amid the snow.’ 1942 E. B. White One Man's Meat 282 Mayflowers have been reported fifteen miles away in the mayflower country. 1993 T. Coffey Hist. & Folklore N. Amer. Wildflowers 91/1 Trailing-Arbutus, Mayflower... Legend has it that..the Pilgrims saw this flower and named it after their ship. b. The pink azalea, Rhododendron periclymenoides; the flower of this shrub. Also Mayflower rhododendron. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > azaleas or rhododendrons mountain rose1640 rhododendron1657 Alpine rose1728 winterbloom1752 azalea1753 mountain rosebay1759 rosebay1760 rhodora1770 mountain laurel1785 swamp azalea1796 big laurel1810 rose tree1818 white honeysuckle1818 meadow pink1827 Pinkster1833 mayflower1838 alpenrose1839 swamp pink1840 rhodie1851 swamp honeysuckle1856 ponticum1875 tree azalea1884 rhodo1886 Kurume azalea1920 1838 J. C. Loudon Arboretum II. 1140 Rhododendron nudiflorum Torr. (Azalea nudiflora L.)..the American Honeysuckle; May Flowers. 1924 Amer. Botanist 30 59 Chief of these is the ‘Mayflower’ or ‘wild honeysuckle’ (Azalea nudiflora). 1976 S. M. Gault Dict. Shrubs in Colour 184/2 Mayflower rhododendron... This is an invaluable shrub for the garden, although somewhat variable. 1981 H. Leake & D. Leake Wildflowers of Ozarks 113 The azalea is a shrub about waist high with showy flowers... They are often called ‘Whitsunday Flowers’, ‘May Flowers’, and by the Dutch, ‘Pinxter Blooms’. c. Any of various other North American spring-flowering plants, such as the anemone, hepatica, and pasque flower (see quots.). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > non-British flowers > North American innocent1600 lychnidea1733 swamp lily1737 atamasco lily1743 phlox1754 lychnis1760 painted cup1776 mountain pink1818 phacelia1818 innocence1821 Nemophila1822 clarkia1827 Physostegia1830 bitter root1838 standing cypress1841 false mermaid1845 lion's heart1845 shooting star1856 lewisia1863 satin flower1871 fame-flower1879 baby blue-eyes1887 mayflower1892 agastache1900 obedient plant1900 Pennsylvania anemone1900 rock rose1906 Virginia bluebell1934 parsley1936 poached egg flower1963 poached eggs1971 poached egg plant1977 1892 C. F. Millspaugh Medicinal Plants 1-1 Pulsatilla nuttalliana,... Pasque flower (crocus, May flower, [etc.]). 1910 C. B. Graves et al. Catal. Flowering Plants & Ferns Connecticut 182 Claytonia virginica, Spring beauty. Mayflower. 1920 W. Packard Old Plymouth Trails 19 In localities where the arbutus is not common the name mayflower is here most commonly given to the pink and white Anemone nemorosa. 1937 Range Plant Handbk. (U.S. Forest Service) w159 Although pasqueflower is the common name most widely used, such other appellations as..Mayflower..have variously designated this species. 1948 R. Peattie Berkshires 44 Here in Berkshire hepatica is sometimes called Mayflower, a name reserved in other regions for the arbutus. 1995 Nat. Areas Jrnl. 15 308 Frequencies of wild sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaulis), Canada mayflower (Maianthemum canadense), and Clintonia borealis decreased in areas of historically high deer intensity. 4. Caribbean. Either of two Jamaican trees of the genus Dalbergia (family Fabaceae ( Leguminosae)), D. brownei and D. ecastaphyllum. Now rare.Quot. 1969 represents an isolated later use which may refer to a different tree, perhaps the pink poui (see poui n.). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > South American and West Indian trees or shrubs > [noun] > others persea1601 mahoe1666 poison berry1672 white mangrove1683 maiden plum1696 angelin1704 garlic-pear1725 milkwood-tree1725 Jack-in-the-box1735 cherimoya1736 rattle bush1750 galapee1756 genip1756 lace bark1756 sunfruit1787 wild orange1802 hog-nut1814 mountain pride1814 savannah wattle1814 mora1825 rubber tree1826 mayflower1837 bastard manchineel1838 long john1838 seringa1847 sack tree1849 jumbie tree1860 jumbie bean1862 king-tree1863 gauze-tree1864 mountain green1864 snowdrop tree1864 strong bark1864 switch-sorrel1864 candle-tree1866 maypole1866 angelique1873 poisonwood1884 porkwood1884 1837 J. Macfadyen Flora Jamaica I. 300 Sea-side May-flower. 1837 J. Macfadyen Flora Jamaica I. 300 Meadow May-flower... The white fragrant flowers of this lowly tree, come out in great profusion after the rains in spring, and have been compared to those of the Hawthorn. 1864 A. H. R. Grisebach Flora Brit. W. Indian Islands 785/2 May-flower: Dalbergia Brownei and Hecastophyllum Brownei. 1969 ‘J. Morris’ Fever Grass viii. 71 A big desk of bleached gold mayflower wood. 5. A Mexican epiphytic orchid, Laelia speciosa. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > orchids satyrionOE bollockwort?a1300 sanicle14.. bollock?a1425 martagon1548 orchis1559 dogstones1562 hare's-ballocks1562 stone1562 bollock grass1578 dog's cods1578 dog's cullions1578 double-leaf1578 fly-orchis1578 goat's cullions1578 goat's orchis1578 priest's pintle1578 twayblade1578 bee-orchis1597 bifoil1597 bird's nest1597 bird's orchis1597 butterfly orchis1597 fenny-stones1597 gelded satyrion1597 gnat satyrion1597 humble-bee orchis1597 lady's slipper1597 sweet ballocks1597 two-blade1605 cullions1611 bee-flower1626 fly-flower1640 man orchis1670 musk orchis1670 moccasin flower1680 gnat-flower1688 faham tea1728 Ophrys1754 green man orchis1762 Arethusa1764 honey flower1771 cypripedium1775 rattlesnake plantain1778 Venus's slipper1785 Adam and Eve1789 lizard orchis179. epidendrum1791 Pogonia?1801 Vanda1801 cymbidium1815 Oncidium1822 putty-root1822 Noah's Ark1826 yellow moccasin1826 gongora1827 cattleya1828 green man1828 nervine1828 stanhopea1829 dove-flower1831 catasetum1836 Odontoglossum1836 Miltonia1837 letter plant1838 spread eagle1838 letter-leaf1839 swan-plant1841 orchid1843 disa1844 masdevallia1845 Phalaenopsis1846 faham1850 Indian crocus1850 moccasin plant1850 pleione1851 dove orchis1852 nerve root1854 Holy Ghost flower1862 basket-plant1865 lizard's tongue1866 mousetail1866 Sobralia1866 swan-neck1866 swanwort1866 Indian shoe1876 odontoglot1879 wreathewort1879 moth orchid1880 rattlesnake orchid1881 dendrobe1882 dove-plant1882 Madeira orchis1882 man orchis1882 swan-flower1884 slipper-orchid1885 slipper orchis1889 mayflower1894 scorpion orchid1897 moederkappie1910 dove orchid1918 monkey orchid1925 man orchid1927 1894 C. H. Wright & D. Dewar Johnson's Gardener's Dict. 603 May-flower. Lælia majalis. 6. Lacemaking. A bobbin lace filling consisting of whole-stitch diamonds worked with a honeycomb mesh. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > ornamental textiles > ornamental trimmings > [noun] > lace > part of footing1692 mayflower1924 1865 F. B. Palliser Hist. Lace iv. 70 The lovely diapered ground recalls the may-flower of the Dresden..china of that time.] 1924 T. Wright Romance of Lace Pillow (new ed.) I. ix. 76 The fillings—that is to say, the spaces formed by the pattern—are point net of larger mesh, wire ground, honeycomb, mayflower (that is, cloth-work buds surrounded with honeycomb). 1958 C. Freeman Pillow Lace 46 Arrangements of scrolls enclosing various fillings (Wireground, Honeycomb, Mayflower..etc.). 1983 B. M. Cook & G. Stott Introd. Bobbin Lace Stitches 24 (heading) Four pin mayflower with pinchain. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). Mayfloweradj. U.S. attributive. Designating, relating to, or characteristic of a person descended from a family which can be traced back to the earliest European settlers of North America, now often regarded as belonging to a social elite. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of U.S.A. > [adjective] > specific Mayflower1921 Waspish1968 Waspy1968 Middle American1969 1921 Harper's Mag. Jan. 138/1 I have talked to a number of people, literary, industrial, commercial, professional;..to Mayflower Americans,..to negroes, and to immigrants. 1946 A. Koestler Thieves in Night 150 They will always regard us as old-timers, the Mayflower-aristocracy of the place. 1992 Daily Times (Salisbury, Maryland) 21 Aug. 12/1 Mayflower Republicans..see their mission as preserving Yankee values against whatever values are held by the huddled masses. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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