| 单词 | bloody finger |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbloody finger bloody finger n. Scottish (now historical) (chiefly in plural) the common foxglove, Digitalis purpurea. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > foxglove and allied flowers > foxglove foxglovec1000 London button1552 wine-pot herb1552 finger1562 finger flower1562 lady's glove1575 foxter1623 fox-finger1657 fox1684 bloody finger1789 witch bell1808 fairy fingers1811 fairy thimble1813 dead men's bells1818 witches' thimbles1820 fairy bells1821 fairy glove1841 flap-dock1846 cow-flop1847 pop-glove1847 lady's thimble1853 Scotch mercury1853 poppy1856 fairy petticoats1864 finger root1870 fairy weed1871 pop-dock1878 witches' bells1884 1789 D. Davidson Thoughts Seasons 63 Frae rankly-growing bri'ers an' bluidy-fingers. a1824 in J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. 29 The primrose, the bludifinger, and the crawtae grow unsqueez'd and unlooked at. 1873 Proc. Bath Nat. Hist. & Antiquarian Field Club 2 16 The noble Foxglove..bears a name with a similar meaning in almost all languages; in Scotland, however, it bears the more gloomy names of ‘bloody fingers’, and ‘dead man's bells’. 1908 S. R. Crockett Deep Moat Grange iv. 28 The hemlock and the foxglove, what we used to call ‘bloody fingers’, grow tall and red. 2001 Independent (Nexis) 16 June (Features section) 14 Fairy thimbles, dead men's bells, bloody fingers: these are a few of the imaginative names we have given to one of the most handsome plants in the herbal. < as lemmas |
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