| 单词 | bloody twig |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbloody twig bloody twig n. now historical and rare the common dogwood, Cornus sanguinea, which has bare red stems in winter. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > cornus (dogwood and allies) > [noun] gaiterc1000 dog-tree1548 cornel1551 dogberry1551 prick tree1551 hound's-berry1578 hound's-tree1578 prick-timber tree1578 dwarf honeysuckle1597 dogwood1598 sanguine-rod1601 prickwood1691 bloody twig1759 rose willow1798 red osier1807 swamp dogwood1817 stone-berry?1838 bunch-berry1845 cornus1846 silky cornel1848 silky dogwood1900 pagoda tree1978 1759 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. (ed. 7) at Cornus This is the Cornus fœmina... Female Dogwood, and the Virga Sanguinea. Matth. Bloody Twig. 1861 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. III. 108 The branches were so red, so like twigs of coral, that..its name of Bloody Twig..seemed appropriate. 1914 S. Kaye-Smith Three Furlongers i. iv. 45 But if ever he found a sudden splash of bryony in the hedge, or a flush of bloody-twig, or honeysuckle, or nuts, he wanted to pick them for her. 1985 J. Addison Illustr. Plant Lore 87 One of its [sc. dogwood's] alternative names..was bloody twig; others are wild cornel, dog-berry, hound's-tree and gaten-tree. < as lemmas |
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