| 单词 | priest in the pulpit |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspriest in the pulpit priest in the pulpit n. †(a) U.S. the showy orchis, Galearis spectabilis, having flowers in which the upper petals and sepals form a pink or purple hood above the white lip; cf. preacher-in-the-pulpit n. at preacher n. Compounds 3 (obsolete); (b) English regional wild arum, Arum maculatum (the spathe of the flower representing the pulpit, and the spadix the priest); = priest's hood n. at Compounds 5. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Araceae (wake-robin and allies) > [noun] dragonsc1000 cuckoo-pintlea1400 yekestersea1400 aaron?c1425 calf's-footc1450 cuckoo-spitc1450 rampa1500 priest's hood1526 wake-robin1530 green dragon1538 arum1551 cuckoo-pint1551 dragonwort1565 priest's pintle1578 tarragon1591 starch root1596 friar's cowl1597 friar's-hood1597 starchwort1597 dragon serpentine1598 dragon's-herb1600 small dragonwort1674 dumb cane1696 skunk weed1735 polecat weed1743 lords and ladies1755 mucka-mucka1769 skunk cabbage1778 bloody man's finger1787 green dragon1789 swamp-cabbage1792 priest in the pulpit1837 orontiad1846 arad1853 cows and calves1853 bulls and cows1863 skunk cabbage1869 aroid1876 Adam and Eve1877 stallion1878 cunjevoi1889 1837 W. Darlington Flora Cestrica (ed. 2) 504 O. spectabilis... Showy Orchis. Vulgo—Priest in the Pulpit. 1907 Daily News 28 May 11/2 It is known also as Wake-Robin, Cuckoo Pint, and Lords-and-Ladies, but neither of these names describes the plant so well as the quaint Priest-in-the-Pulpit. 1988 N. Curry Ships in Bottles 77 Blatant in the hedge-bottom, and poking up like a stiff little purple prick that liberal shepherds would laugh at—a euphemism was needed: Dead Men's Fingers, Priest in the Pulpit. < as lemmas |
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