Meadian.

Brit.

/ˈmiːdɪə/, U.S.

/ˈmidiə/

Inflections: Plural unchanged.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Meadia.

Etymology: < scientific Latin Meadia (published as a genus name in M. Catesby Nat. Hist. Carolina (1731–43) II. Apparently (?1748), although apparently in earlier use (see quot. 1744); adopted as a specific epithet (in Dodecatheon Meadia) by Linnaeus in his Species Plantarum (1753) I. 144) < the name of Richard Mead (1673–1754), English physician and botanical patron + -ia -ia suffix¹.

Now historical.

A purple-flowered species of American cowslip, Dodecatheon meadia, native to eastern North America and often cultivated in gardens. Now usually called shooting star.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > primrose and allied flowers > allied flowers

bear's ear sanicle1597

French cowslip1597

mountain bindweed1597

blue moonwort1629

soldanella1629

chickweed wintergreen1640

primrose1688

Meadia1744

American cowslip1866

wood pimpernel1866

soldanelle1886

1744 P. Collinson Let. 3 Feb. in W. Darlington Memorials J. Bartram & H. Marshall (1849) 168 What are your spring flowers, beside the Puccoon or Sanguinaria, the little white Ranunculus [Anemone], and Meadia, and Ochis [sic]?

1748 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 45 158 Meadia. So called in Honour of Dr. Mead... This is a very ornamental Plant, and flowers yearly at Mr. Collinson's Garden at Peckham.

1763 J. Bartram Let. 30 Sept. in W. Darlington Memorials J. Bartram & H. Marshall (1849) 254 The first time I crossed the Shenandoah, I saw one or two plants, or rather stalk and seed, of the Meadia, on its bank. I jumped off, got the seed and brought it home, sent part to thee, and part I sowed myself.

1793 R. Alsop Elegy in Amer. Poems 254 The purple Violet shed its sweet perfume, And beauteous Meadia wave her plumes of gold.

1805 S. J. Pratt Flora Jealous Notes, in Harvest-home III. 218 This plant is named in honour of Dr. Mead... This beautiful plant (a native of North America) has ten males, placed in notches of the corolla, whence they proceed to make court to the females in the centre, who, like the Meadia, first bows to one and then the other.

1852 G. W. Johnson Cottage Gardeners' Dict. 337/1 Dodecatheon. American Cowslip... D. Meadia (Meadia)..1 [ft]. Light purple. May.

1912 Amer. Midland Naturalist 2 271 There was..no reason whatever to take the old Greek name Dodocatheon [sic] and give it to a plant that already had a perfectly valid name, Meadia.

1954 J. Herbst New Green World vii. 128 John Clayton..sent ‘three papers of seeds, natives of Virginia’ to Bartram in return for Meadia, Arbor Vitae and Northern Spruce.

1989 Isis 80 612 Like Meadia, the American cowslip, she was a hoyden.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	meadia
释义	Meadian. Brit. /ˈmiːdɪə/, U.S. /ˈmidiə/ Inflections: Plural unchanged. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Meadia. Etymology: < scientific Latin Meadia (published as a genus name in M. Catesby Nat. Hist. Carolina (1731–43) II. Apparently (?1748), although apparently in earlier use (see quot. 1744); adopted as a specific epithet (in Dodecatheon Meadia) by Linnaeus in his Species Plantarum (1753) I. 144) < the name of Richard Mead (1673–1754), English physician and botanical patron + -ia -ia suffix¹. Now historical. A purple-flowered species of American cowslip, Dodecatheon meadia, native to eastern North America and often cultivated in gardens. Now usually called shooting star. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > primrose and allied flowers > allied flowers bear's ear sanicle1597 French cowslip1597 mountain bindweed1597 blue moonwort1629 soldanella1629 chickweed wintergreen1640 primrose1688 Meadia1744 American cowslip1866 wood pimpernel1866 soldanelle1886 1744 P. Collinson Let. 3 Feb. in W. Darlington Memorials J. Bartram & H. Marshall (1849) 168 What are your spring flowers, beside the Puccoon or Sanguinaria, the little white Ranunculus [Anemone], and Meadia, and Ochis [sic]? 1748 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 45 158 Meadia. So called in Honour of Dr. Mead... This is a very ornamental Plant, and flowers yearly at Mr. Collinson's Garden at Peckham. 1763 J. Bartram Let. 30 Sept. in W. Darlington Memorials J. Bartram & H. Marshall (1849) 254 The first time I crossed the Shenandoah, I saw one or two plants, or rather stalk and seed, of the Meadia, on its bank. I jumped off, got the seed and brought it home, sent part to thee, and part I sowed myself. 1793 R. Alsop Elegy in Amer. Poems 254 The purple Violet shed its sweet perfume, And beauteous Meadia wave her plumes of gold. 1805 S. J. Pratt Flora Jealous Notes, in Harvest-home III. 218 This plant is named in honour of Dr. Mead... This beautiful plant (a native of North America) has ten males, placed in notches of the corolla, whence they proceed to make court to the females in the centre, who, like the Meadia, first bows to one and then the other. 1852 G. W. Johnson Cottage Gardeners' Dict. 337/1 Dodecatheon. American Cowslip... D. Meadia (Meadia)..1 [ft]. Light purple. May. 1912 Amer. Midland Naturalist 2 271 There was..no reason whatever to take the old Greek name Dodocatheon [sic] and give it to a plant that already had a perfectly valid name, Meadia. 1954 J. Herbst New Green World vii. 128 John Clayton..sent ‘three papers of seeds, natives of Virginia’ to Bartram in return for Meadia, Arbor Vitae and Northern Spruce. 1989 Isis 80 612 Like Meadia, the American cowslip, she was a hoyden. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1744
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