单词 | pond lily |
释义 | pond lilyn. Chiefly U.S. Any of several chiefly yellow North American water lilies, esp. the spatterdock, Nuphar advena. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > water-lilies edockec1000 water rose?a1300 mead-flower?a1350 water beanc1400 water coltsfoot14.. nenuphar?a1425 water lily?a1425 lotec1487 lotusc1487 nymphaea1543 water-can1622 can-dock1661 lotus flower1710 pond lily1748 Indian lotus1797 padma1799 Nuphar1822 beaver-root1832 splatterdock1832 frog-lily1845 brandy-bottle1846 Victoria1846 water nymph1848 lotus lily1857 cow-lily1862 pool lily1902 1748 J. Eliot Ess. Field-husbandry in New-Eng. 6 It was not a natural Pond, but made so upon design...It was overgrown with Pond Lilly's. 1778 J. Carver Trav. N.-Amer. 167 The lake is covered..with the large pond-lily. 1827 Western Monthly Rev. 1 251 The flowers are large, of a pure white, nearest resembling the northern pond-lily. 1846 Knickerbocker 27 52 A little mill-pond..is covered all over with pond-lilies and rank grasses. 1873 T. B. Aldrich Marjorie Daw 14 All this splendor goes into that hammock, and sways there like a pond-lily. 1911 G. Stratton-Porter Harvester vii. 121 The pond lilies are just beginning to open. 1947 E. Paul Linden on Saugus Branch 367 On the Linden ponds, frogs' eggs, turtles, pond lilies with flat leaves, not shaped like plates. 1974 H. W. Rickett Wild Flowers of U.S. VI. i. 130 The conspicuous part of the yellow pond-lilies is the calyx. 2003 Hartford (Connecticut) Courant (Nexis) 16 Sept. b3 A spit of land covered with moss and ferns juts into the shallow water, where pond lilies welcome the morning sun. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1748 |
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