| 单词 | bear's ear |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbear's ear bear's ear n. (also bear's ears) any of several primroses (genus Primula); spec. the auricula, P. auricula. [After post-classical Latin auricula ursi, arctotium (both 1584 or earlier).] 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 > primrose or auricula primrosea1425 primula1526 petty mullein1578 bear's ear1597 bear's ear sanicle1597 bird's eye1597 mountain cowslip1597 rock rose1597 French cowslip1629 auricula1655 polyanthusa1678 polyanth1757 Scotch primrose1777 plumrose1787 plumrock1789 bird's eye primrose1796 Chinese primrose1825 dusty miller1825 Jack-in-the-box1850 Jack in the green1875 polyanthus primrose1882 boar's-ears- 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 640 There be diuers sorts of Mountaine Cowslips, or Beares eares. 1712 J. Mortimer Art of Husbandry: Pt. II 170 Auricula's, or Bears-Ears, is a Flower that affords a very great Variety of Form as well as of Colour. 2014 Dorking & Leatherhead Advertiser (Nexis) 12 Feb. 28 The auricula section, P[rimula] auricula, often known as auricula, mountain cowslip or bear's ear (from the shape of its leaves), grows on rocks in the mountain ranges of central Europe. < as lemmas |
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