| 单词 | yellow adder's-tongue |
| 释义 | > as lemmasyellow adder's-tongue 3. North American. Any of various North American dog's-tooth violets (genus Erythronium), esp. (more fully yellow adder's-tongue) E. americanum. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > lily and allied flowers > allied flowers dog's tooth1578 daylily1597 mountain saffron1597 phalangium1608 Savoy spiderwort1629 hemerocallis1648 tuberose1664 St Bruno's lily1706 superb lily1731 agapanthus1789 Spanish squill1790 erythronium1797 Tritoma1804 Spanish harebell1808 veltheimia1808 adder's tongue1817 bunch flower1818 Puschkinia1820 hedychium1822 eremurus1836 flame lily1841 lily pink1848 mountain spiderwort1849 lloydia1850 kniphofia1854 garland-flower1866 red-hot poker1870 swamp-lover1878 African lily1882 flame-flower1882 Scarborough lily1882 wood-lily1882 St. Bernard lily1883 torch-lily1884 rajanigandha1885 ginger lily1892 chinkerinchee1904 snow lily1907 sand lily1909 avalanche lily1912 Spanish bluebell1924 mountain lily1932 chink1949 poker1975 1817 A. Eaton Man. Bot. 39 Erythronium..dens-canis, (dog tooth violet, adder-tongue). 1822 Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc. 2nd Ser. IX. 150 Plants, which are indigenous in the township of Middlebury, [Vermont, include]..Erythronium lanceolatum, (Pursh.) Adder's tongue. 1894 J. Burroughs Riverby 25 Erythronium... How it came to be called adder's-tongue I do not know; probably from the spotted character of the leaf, which might suggest a snake. 1917 Gaz. & Bull. (Williamsport, Pa.) 24 Apr. 8/4 Who don't know the adder-tongue or dog-tooth violet which is found in moist woods or along stream banks? 1947 Amer. Midland Naturalist 38 37 Yellow Adders-tongue [is] abundant in bottomland forest. 1967 B. J. Banfill Pioneer Nurse x. 122 The earthy carpet, cushioned with pink and white flowers and yellow adder tongues. 2007 S. Ogden Garden Bulbs South (ed. 2) v.130 Fawn lily and adder's tongue also refer to this foliage. < as lemmas |
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