† shirleyn.¹

Etymology: < Shirley, the family name of Earl Ferrers, to whom a specimen described by G. Edwards ( Glean. Nat. Hist., 1764, iii. 276) belonged.

Obsolete.

A South American tanager.In many later dictionaries.

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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

Brit.

/ˈʃəːli/, U.S.

/ˈʃərli/

Etymology: < the name of Shirley, a district of Croydon, Greater London.

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.

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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).

单词	shirley
释义	† shirleyn.¹ Etymology: < Shirley, the family name of Earl Ferrers, to whom a specimen described by G. Edwards ( Glean. Nat. Hist., 1764, iii. 276) belonged. 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 Brit. /ˈʃəːli/, U.S. /ˈʃərli/ Etymology: < the name of Shirley, a district of Croydon, Greater London. 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). < n.¹1796n.²1886
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