| 单词 | water-blob |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater-blob water-blob n. English regional marsh marigold, Caltha palustris (also called horse-blob, mareblob, May-blob); (also) the rounded flower of this or of any of several other aquatic or moisture-loving plants. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > buttercup and allied flowers > marsh marigold kingcup1538 petty nenuphar1548 bassinet1578 brave celandine1578 marsh marigold1578 boots1597 caltha1599 mareblob1649 water boot1665 horse-blob1821 water-blob1821 molly-blob1854 May-blob1863 drunkard1886 1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 77 And sigh with anxious, eager dream, For water-blobs amid the stream. 1857 London Q. Rev. Jan. 4/2 The drowking water-blob hangs its head. 1891 Wilts. Archæol. & Nat. Hist. Mag. 26 91 Blobbs, Water Blobs, blossoms of Nuphar lutea. 1913 D. H. Lawrence Sons & Lovers xi. 356 Then she sat on the bank with her hands full of flowers, mostly golden water-blobs. 2006 A. Titchmarsh Nobbut a Lad 149 All my flowers—the vetches and the hawkbits, the fox and cubs and the evergreen alkanet, the cow parsley and the water blobs—all smelled of fresh bread. < as lemmas |
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