单词 | well-flowered |
释义 | well-floweredadj. 1. Richly embellished or covered with flowers or representations of flowers. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > [adjective] > flowers or fleurs-de-lis flowered1592 well-flowered1597 liliated1643 flowery1667 thistled1745 lilied1796 rosed1823 fleured1841 fleur-de-lised1843 floriated1845 florulent1859 floriate1894 flower-printed1952 1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet ii. iii. 57 Then is my Pumpe well flour'd . View more context for this quotation 1800 Compan. Watering & Bathing Places Eng. 53 The back door of this little hermitage looks into a garden, very pleasingly laid out and well flowered. 1869 Our Young Folks Feb. 112 The Sailor's Mother's dress is composed of a well-flowered chintz pattern. 1965 Statesville (N. Carolina) Record & Landmark 9 Dec. 8/2 (advt.) Crisp 100% Cotton for a well flowered print, accentuated with Bermuda collar. 2004 J. Carnahan Don't let Fire go Out! iv. 73 She always wore..a well-flowered hat with a veil. 2. Of plants or stems: bearing a good head of flowers or a good number of flowers. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > flower or flowering plant > [adjective] > having flowers or blossom > producing many, few, or a specific number well-flowered1600 proliferous1682 multiflorous1760 uniflorous1760 triflorous1771 biflorous1785 unifloral1849 multifloral1851 oliganthous1857 polyanthous1858 trifloral1860 biflorate1864 trianthous1891 decemflorous- 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique i. iv. 11 All other herbes and plants, which grow without being planted, and are by nature green, well branched, good and thicke, and well flowred. ?1760 W. Graham Art Making Wines 18 Hang a bunch of fresh borage, well-flowered, into the cask. 1845 Florist's Jrnl. 6 135 Eriostemon cuspidatus, well flowered. 1856 E. Lees Pictures Nature iv. 91 My friends Thompson and Westcombe or Worcester hurried to the marsh, and both were ultimately successful in obtaining well-flowered specimens. 1914 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 41 78 The plants, although well flowered and having stout roots, were unbranched. 1980 M. G. Schmidt Growing Calif. Native Plants 3. 35 Several well-flowered kinds of rock cresses (Arabis spp.) form semi-woody crowns that may be detached for new plants. 2010 C. Lloyd In My Garden (new ed.) 90 A well-flowered plant in your drawing-room is something to be proud of. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1597 |
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