| 单词 | shirley | 
| 释义 | † shirleyn.1 Obsolete.   A South American tanager.In many later dictionaries. ΚΠ 1796    P. A. Nemnich Allgemeines Polyglotten-Lex. 891/1  				Shirley, Tanagra. 1828    N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang.  				Shirley, a bird, by some called the greater bullfinch; having the upper part of body dark brown, and the throat and breast red. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2021). Shirleyn.2   Shirley poppy  n. an annual poppy bearing single or double flowers, usually red, pink, or white, and belonging to a variety of  Papaver rhœas developed by William Wilks (1843–1923), vicar of Shirley and secretary of the Royal Horticultural Society; also absol. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > 			[noun]		 > poppy and allied flowers > allied flowers poppyOE horned poppy1548 yellow poppy1548 sea poppy1562 garden poppy1577 wind-rose1597 prickly poppy1648 squatmore1691 oriental poppy1731 Welsh poppy1731 infernal fig1760 Mexican poppy1811 Meconopsis1836 redcap1846 horn-poppy1851 squirrel-corn1856 eschscholtzia1857 dielytra1864 Dicentra1866 yellow thistle1866 turkey-corn1884 Shirley poppy1886 1886    W. Wilks in  Jrnl. Hort., Cottage Gardener & Home Farmer 21 Oct. 367/1  				I call them ‘Shirley Poppies’, as there seems so much doubt as to their specific name. 1889    Jrnl. Hort., Cottage Gardener & Home Farmer 15 Aug. 126/2  				I sent a pinch of seed to a leading firm of London nurserymen last spring for comparison with the Shirley. 1893    W. Robinson Eng. Flower Garden 		(ed. 3)	 568/1  				Of recent years pretty single forms of the Corn Poppy have become popular under the name of ‘Shirley Poppies’. 1904    Nature 25 Aug. 408/1  				Many a white-edged poppy may have germinated and perished before Mr. Wilks saved the individual which in a few generations gave rise to the Shirleys. 1932    E. G. Wheelwright Garden of Pleasant Flowers iii. 82  				Other common annuals easily raised are godetias,..Shirley poppies, and love-in-a-mist. 1978    R. Gorer Growing Plants from Seed iv. 53  				Shirley and opium poppies transplant very badly. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < | 
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