| 单词 | purification flower |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspurification flower purification flower n. now historical the snowdrop, Galanthus nivalis, which flowers around the time of the feast of the Purification. ΚΠ 1866 Aunt Judy's Mag. 1 116 Annie asked about its [sc. the snowdrop's] names, and she mentioned..‘the morning star of flowers’, ‘fair maid of February’, ‘purification flower’. 1965 Times 23 July 14/6 At Candlemas these ‘purification flowers’ were used to decorate the altar. 1987 Folklore 98 198 Along the Welsh Border, when the decorations were removed a bowl of snowdrops, the special flower of Candlemas, was sometimes brought in to drive out evil... One of the snowdrop's popular names was the ‘purification flower’. < as lemmas |
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