wallflowern.

Brit.

/ˈwɔːlˌflaʊə/, U.S.

/ˈwɔlˌflaʊər/,

/ˈwɑlˌflaʊər/

Etymology: < wall n.¹ Compare German mauerblume.

a. A plant of the genus Cheiranthus (N.O. Cruciferæ), esp. C. Cheiri, growing wild on old walls, on rocks, in quarries, etc., and cultivated in gardens for its fragrant flowers (normally yellow or orange, though other colours are produced by cultivation). Also called gillyflower n.

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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] > cruciferous flowers > yellow or orange flowers

wall-fairc1450

winter gillyflower1547

heartsease1548

wall gillyflower1548

gillyflower1578

keiri1578

wallflower1578

alyssum1731

queen's balm1797

wall1825

warrior1825

cheiranthus1850

gilly1858

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. iii. 150 In English Yellow Gillofers, Wall floures..in French Violes iaunes,..in high Douche Geel veiel.

1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 370 The stalkes of the Wall flower are full of greene branches.

1618 W. Lawson New Orchard & Garden vi. 13 Drye wall of Earth..wheron at Mighell-tide it wilbe good to sow Wall flowers.

1650 T. Bayly Herba Parietis Ep. Ded. sig. A2 The Wall-flower hath been called (as the most sacred Compellation) by the Herbalists, Dames-Violets, Damasen or Matron-Violets, or Queenes Gillyflowers.

1657 S. Purchas Theatre Flying-insects i. xv. 93 Double..Wall-flowers.

1707–21 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husb. (ed. 5) II. 245 Wall Flowers are of several sorts, as the common Ones, the great single Ones, the great double Ones, the single White, the double White, the double Red, and the pale Yellow.

1744 J. Thomson Spring in Seasons (new ed.) 24 The yellow Wall-Flower, stain'd with iron Brown.

1781 R. B. Sheridan Critic ii. ii The vulgar wallflower, and smart gillyflower.

1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles iii. i. 83 The wall-flower waves not on the ruin'd Hold.

1818 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto IV cvii. 56 Cypress and ivy, weed and wallflower grown Matted and mass'd together.

1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xl. 388 There is a double-wallflower at No. 6, in the court, is there?

1856 ‘E. S. Delamer’ Flower Garden 158 Wallflower... The single varieties, which are the most odoriferous, are raised from seed. There are yellow, brown, and purple Double Wallflowers, propagated by cuttings.

1858 G. Glenny Gardener's Every-day Bk. (new ed.) 266/1 Wallflowers and Sweetwilliams may be planted out in beds.

1880 ‘Ouida’ Moths I. 83 There were lavender and a few homely stocks and wallflowers growing in the poor soil about the fences of the houses.

b. German wallflower.

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1882 Garden 25 Feb. 135/1 Double German Wallflowers.. are now useful pot plants.

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c. Applied to plants of other genera. native wallflower, the Tasmanian plant Pultenæa subumbrosa (N.O. Leguminosæ); also, in Australia, one of the Poison-bushes, Gastrolobium grandiflorum (Morris Austral Engl., 1898). western wallflower, a name for certain American species of Erysimum (Treas. Bot., 1866; Cent. Dict., 1891).

d. A perfume derived from the flowers of this plant.

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the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fragrance > [noun] > fragrant substance or perfume > specifically

ewrosec1350

stacte1382

oil of rosesa1398

rose watera1398

sandalc1400

musk?a1425

damask water?1520

malabathrum1543

orris1545

civet1553

ambracan1555

rose cake1559

lavender-water1563

oil of spikenard1565

zibet1594

orange-flower water1595

orris powder?1600

spike-oil1611

angel water1634

cypress-powder1634

angelica1653

jasmine1670

jessamy1671

rosat1674

frangipane1676

marechale1676

orangery1676

tuberose1682

jasmine-water1750

otto1759

rose geranium1773

millefleurs1775

new-mown hay1789

attar1798

eau-de-Cologne1802

Cologne1814

dedes1817

eau de Portugal1825

verbena1837

rondeletia1838

bay-rum1840

Florida water1840

citronelle1841

patchouli1843

citronella1849

gardenia1851

sandalwood oil1851

Ess Bouquet1855

marmala water1857

mignonette1858

spikenard oil1861

sandalwood1865

serpolet1866

ylang-ylang1876

flower-water1886

lily1890

lilac1895

stephanotis1895

tea rose1897

chypre1898

Peau d'Espagne1898

violette de Parme1904

poppy1905

Parma violet1907

wallflower1907

1907 Yesterday's Shopping (1969) 521/1 Perfumes... Verbena. Wallflower. White Carnation.

c1938 Fortnum & Mason Price List 55/2 Wallflower..Wild Rose..Assorted Bath Ovals.

1972 Guardian 22 Aug. 9/4 Jacksons have revived these flower perfumes..the shop plan to reintroduce other fragrancies including wallflower, mignonette, and honeysuckle.

2. slang. (See quots.) ? Obsolete.

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society > trade and finance > merchandise > [noun] > types of textile goods

merceryc1300

mercery ware1377

haberdasha1529

small ware1567

tailory1610

dry goods1657

woollen-drapery1688

soft goods1798

wallflower1804

linendrapery1849

hog round1910

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > old > article of

wallflower1804

1804 Sporting Mag. 23 220 A coat suspended on a peg in Monmouth-street is called a wall flower.

1848 Sinks of London laid Open 129 Wall flowers, old clothes exposed for sale.

3. colloquial. A lady who keeps her seat at the side of a room during dancing, whether because she cannot find a partner or by her own choice.

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society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > ballroom dancing > [noun] > lady who keeps her seat and does not dance

wallflower1820

1820 W. M. Praed County Ball 148 The maiden wall-flowers of the room.

1840 New Monthly Mag. 59 340 He..dances quadrilles with every wall-flower in the room.

1881 H. James Portrait of Lady III. iv. 50 ‘Are you not dancing?’ ‘As you see, I'm a wall-flower.’

1888 F. Hume Madame Midas ii. ix. 175 She has not your capability at playing wallflower.

Compounds

attributive in designations of colour, as wallflower brown, wallflower red; also separately as a colour-name. Also in combination wallflower-leaved adj.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [noun] > shades of red > other reds

madderOE

stammel colour1567

Paris red1600

strawberry red1675

strawberry1688

cornelian1718

dahlia1846

Pompeian red1868

crushed strawberry1881

wallflower red1883

framboise1895

raspberry1918

the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > [noun] > other browns

umberc1568

Spanish brown1660

earth colour1688

raw umber1702

iron brown1714

clove-brown1794

raw sienna1797

wood-brown1805

moorit1809

coffee1815

oak1815

burnt almond1850

Vandyke brown1850

Turk's head1853

catechu brown1860

oak brown1860

mummy brown1861

walnut-brown1865

Havana1873

havana brown1875

wax-brown1887

box1889

nutria1897

caramel1909

wallflower brown1913

cigar1923

desert-brown1923

sunburn1923

tobacco1923

maple1926

butterscotch1927

walnut1934

snuff1951

mink1955

toffee1960

sludge1962

earth-tone1973

1786 J. Abercrombie Arrangem. Plants 19 in Gardeners Daily Assistant Hardy Annuals... Stock gilliflower,..White wallflower leaved.

1883 Daily News 17 May 6/1 Lined with silk..in some decided colour, such as old gold, wallflower red, French grey, or pale blue.

1883 Daily News 22 Sept. 3/3 A wide bias band of wallflower velvet.

1913 Daily Graphic 24 Mar. 13/1 The most notable colours in the crowd included the following:..Wallflower and café au lait browns.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	wallflower
释义	wallflowern. Brit. /ˈwɔːlˌflaʊə/, U.S. /ˈwɔlˌflaʊər/, /ˈwɑlˌflaʊər/ Etymology: < wall n.¹ Compare German mauerblume. 1. a. A plant of the genus Cheiranthus (N.O. Cruciferæ), esp. C. Cheiri, growing wild on old walls, on rocks, in quarries, etc., and cultivated in gardens for its fragrant flowers (normally yellow or orange, though other colours are produced by cultivation). Also called gillyflower n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > cruciferous flowers > yellow or orange flowers wall-fairc1450 winter gillyflower1547 heartsease1548 wall gillyflower1548 gillyflower1578 keiri1578 wallflower1578 alyssum1731 queen's balm1797 wall1825 warrior1825 cheiranthus1850 gilly1858 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. iii. 150 In English Yellow Gillofers, Wall floures..in French Violes iaunes,..in high Douche Geel veiel. 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 370 The stalkes of the Wall flower are full of greene branches. 1618 W. Lawson New Orchard & Garden vi. 13 Drye wall of Earth..wheron at Mighell-tide it wilbe good to sow Wall flowers. 1650 T. Bayly Herba Parietis Ep. Ded. sig. A2 The Wall-flower hath been called (as the most sacred Compellation) by the Herbalists, Dames-Violets, Damasen or Matron-Violets, or Queenes Gillyflowers. 1657 S. Purchas Theatre Flying-insects i. xv. 93 Double..Wall-flowers. 1707–21 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husb. (ed. 5) II. 245 Wall Flowers are of several sorts, as the common Ones, the great single Ones, the great double Ones, the single White, the double White, the double Red, and the pale Yellow. 1744 J. Thomson Spring in Seasons (new ed.) 24 The yellow Wall-Flower, stain'd with iron Brown. 1781 R. B. Sheridan Critic ii. ii The vulgar wallflower, and smart gillyflower. 1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles iii. i. 83 The wall-flower waves not on the ruin'd Hold. 1818 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto IV cvii. 56 Cypress and ivy, weed and wallflower grown Matted and mass'd together. 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xl. 388 There is a double-wallflower at No. 6, in the court, is there? 1856 ‘E. S. Delamer’ Flower Garden 158 Wallflower... The single varieties, which are the most odoriferous, are raised from seed. There are yellow, brown, and purple Double Wallflowers, propagated by cuttings. 1858 G. Glenny Gardener's Every-day Bk. (new ed.) 266/1 Wallflowers and Sweetwilliams may be planted out in beds. 1880 ‘Ouida’ Moths I. 83 There were lavender and a few homely stocks and wallflowers growing in the poor soil about the fences of the houses. b. German wallflower. ΚΠ 1882 Garden 25 Feb. 135/1 Double German Wallflowers.. are now useful pot plants. Categories » c. Applied to plants of other genera. native wallflower, the Tasmanian plant Pultenæa subumbrosa (N.O. Leguminosæ); also, in Australia, one of the Poison-bushes, Gastrolobium grandiflorum (Morris Austral Engl., 1898). western wallflower, a name for certain American species of Erysimum (Treas. Bot., 1866; Cent. Dict., 1891). d. A perfume derived from the flowers of this plant. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fragrance > [noun] > fragrant substance or perfume > specifically ewrosec1350 stacte1382 oil of rosesa1398 rose watera1398 sandalc1400 musk?a1425 damask water?1520 malabathrum1543 orris1545 civet1553 ambracan1555 rose cake1559 lavender-water1563 oil of spikenard1565 zibet1594 orange-flower water1595 orris powder?1600 spike-oil1611 angel water1634 cypress-powder1634 angelica1653 jasmine1670 jessamy1671 rosat1674 frangipane1676 marechale1676 orangery1676 tuberose1682 jasmine-water1750 otto1759 rose geranium1773 millefleurs1775 new-mown hay1789 attar1798 eau-de-Cologne1802 Cologne1814 dedes1817 eau de Portugal1825 verbena1837 rondeletia1838 bay-rum1840 Florida water1840 citronelle1841 patchouli1843 citronella1849 gardenia1851 sandalwood oil1851 Ess Bouquet1855 marmala water1857 mignonette1858 spikenard oil1861 sandalwood1865 serpolet1866 ylang-ylang1876 flower-water1886 lily1890 lilac1895 stephanotis1895 tea rose1897 chypre1898 Peau d'Espagne1898 violette de Parme1904 poppy1905 Parma violet1907 wallflower1907 1907 Yesterday's Shopping (1969) 521/1 Perfumes... Verbena. Wallflower. White Carnation. c1938 Fortnum & Mason Price List 55/2 Wallflower..Wild Rose..Assorted Bath Ovals. 1972 Guardian 22 Aug. 9/4 Jacksons have revived these flower perfumes..the shop plan to reintroduce other fragrancies including wallflower, mignonette, and honeysuckle. 2. slang. (See quots.) ? Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > merchandise > [noun] > types of textile goods merceryc1300 mercery ware1377 haberdasha1529 small ware1567 tailory1610 dry goods1657 woollen-drapery1688 soft goods1798 wallflower1804 linendrapery1849 hog round1910 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > old > article of wallflower1804 1804 Sporting Mag. 23 220 A coat suspended on a peg in Monmouth-street is called a wall flower. 1848 Sinks of London laid Open 129 Wall flowers, old clothes exposed for sale. 3. colloquial. A lady who keeps her seat at the side of a room during dancing, whether because she cannot find a partner or by her own choice. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > ballroom dancing > [noun] > lady who keeps her seat and does not dance wallflower1820 1820 W. M. Praed County Ball 148 The maiden wall-flowers of the room. 1840 New Monthly Mag. 59 340 He..dances quadrilles with every wall-flower in the room. 1881 H. James Portrait of Lady III. iv. 50 ‘Are you not dancing?’ ‘As you see, I'm a wall-flower.’ 1888 F. Hume Madame Midas ii. ix. 175 She has not your capability at playing wallflower. Compounds attributive in designations of colour, as wallflower brown, wallflower red; also separately as a colour-name. Also in combination wallflower-leaved adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [noun] > shades of red > other reds madderOE stammel colour1567 Paris red1600 strawberry red1675 strawberry1688 cornelian1718 dahlia1846 Pompeian red1868 crushed strawberry1881 wallflower red1883 framboise1895 raspberry1918 the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > [noun] > other browns umberc1568 Spanish brown1660 earth colour1688 raw umber1702 iron brown1714 clove-brown1794 raw sienna1797 wood-brown1805 moorit1809 coffee1815 oak1815 burnt almond1850 Vandyke brown1850 Turk's head1853 catechu brown1860 oak brown1860 mummy brown1861 walnut-brown1865 Havana1873 havana brown1875 wax-brown1887 box1889 nutria1897 caramel1909 wallflower brown1913 cigar1923 desert-brown1923 sunburn1923 tobacco1923 maple1926 butterscotch1927 walnut1934 snuff1951 mink1955 toffee1960 sludge1962 earth-tone1973 1786 J. Abercrombie Arrangem. Plants 19 in Gardeners Daily Assistant Hardy Annuals... Stock gilliflower,..White wallflower leaved. 1883 Daily News 17 May 6/1 Lined with silk..in some decided colour, such as old gold, wallflower red, French grey, or pale blue. 1883 Daily News 22 Sept. 3/3 A wide bias band of wallflower velvet. 1913 Daily Graphic 24 Mar. 13/1 The most notable colours in the crowd included the following:..Wallflower and café au lait browns. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1578
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