单词 | robin redbreast's cushion |
释义 | > as lemmasRobin redbreast's cushion a. English regional. Also Robin redbreast's cushion. = robin's pincushion n. at robin n.1 Compounds 3b. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > disease or injury > [noun] > gall or abnormal growth > on particular plants oak-apple1440 bedeguar1578 sponge1608 oak-berry1626 oak nut1626 Aleppo gall1698 grape-gall1753 rose gall1753 oak galla1774 ear cockle1777 honeysuckle apple1818 sage-apple1832 robin's pincushion1835 oak spangle1836 robin's cushion1837 oak-wart1840 spangle1842 shick-shack1847 spangle-gall1864 tomato gall1869 Robin redbreast's cushion1878 knopper1879 trumpet-gall1879 spongiole1884 knot-gall1894 1878 Folk-lore Rec. 1 38 The excrescence often found upon the briar-rose, and called here in Sussex by the name of Robin Redbreast's Cushion. 1886 R. Holland Gloss. Words County of Chester Robin red-breast, the red, mossy gall which grows upon the branches of the wild rose. < as lemmas |
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