| 单词 | robin hood's feather |
| 释义 | > as lemmasRobin Hood's feather Robin Hood's feather n. [compare later Robin Hood's fetter n.] English regional (northern) rare the climbing plant traveller's joy, Clematis vitalba, which has feathery seed heads. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > climbing, trailing, or creeping shrubs > [noun] > clematis or traveller's joy white vine?a1425 clematis1578 lady's bower1597 traveller's joy1597 virgin's bower1597 bethwine1609 honesty1640 love1640 maiden's honesty1691 lady bower1715 virgin-bower1725 old man's beard1731 bindwith1797 Robin Hood's feather1820 silver-bush1886 1820 J. C. Knowlson Cattle Doctor 47 Traveller's joy, (or Robin Hood's feather): it grows among ling, and runs to a great length. 1913 E. M. Wright Rustic Speech & Folk-lore xi. 189 Various plants are named after Robin Hood e.g. Robin Hood's feather, or fetter. < as lemmas |
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