单词 | bird's eye primrose |
释义 | > as lemmasbird's eye primrose bird's eye primrose n. the Eurasian primrose Primula farinosa, which has a long-stalked inflorescence of pinkish flowers with yellow throats, and a mealy deposit on the leaves and stems; (also) any of several other primroses resembling this; cf. sense B. 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > primrose and allied flowers > primrose or auricula primrosea1425 primula1526 petty mullein1578 bear's ear1597 bear's ear sanicle1597 bird's eye1597 mountain cowslip1597 rock rose1597 French cowslip1629 auricula1655 polyanthusa1678 polyanth1757 Scotch primrose1777 plumrose1787 plumrock1789 bird's eye primrose1796 Chinese primrose1825 dusty miller1825 Jack-in-the-box1850 Jack in the green1875 polyanthus primrose1882 boar's-ears- 1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) II. 235 Birds-eye Primrose. Marshes and bogs on mountains in the north. 1830 Curtis's Bot. Mag. 57 2973 (heading) Primula mistassinica. Lesser American Bird's-eye Primrose. 1868 J. T. Burgess Eng. Wild Flowers 104 The Bird's eye Primrose is..somewhat like an auricula. 2014 M. Jeffords & S. Post Exploring Nature Illinois 14/2 The bird's-eye primrose is a northern wildflower that grows on the tundra of Alaska. < as lemmas |
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