| 单词 | yellow moly |
| 释义 | > as lemmasyellow moly b. Formerly (usually with distinguishing word): any of various kinds of garlic ( Allium species), grown for ornament. Now: spec. (more fully yellow moly) a garlic with bright yellow flowers, Allium moly, native to southern Europe. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > onion, leek, or garlic > garlic > wild garlic ramseOE ramsonsOE affodilla1400 ramps?a1425 ramsey1499 wild leek1551 bear's garlic1578 buckrams1578 lily leek1597 moly1597 vine-leek1597 wild chive1784 ramp1826 1597 J. Gerard Herball 183 Indian Moly hath very thicke fat short leaues, and sharpe pointed; in the bosome whereof commeth forth a thicke knobby bulbe like that of Homers Moly. 1629 J. Parkinson Paradisi in Sole 141 Moly. Wilde Garlicke. 1660 R. Sharrock Hist. Propagation & Improvem. Veg. 105 The late Pine-apple Moly, the Civet Moly of Monspelier..are well preserved many yeares. 1664 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense 67 in Sylva May..Flowers in Prime... Hony-suckles, Buglosse, Homers Moly. 1666 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense (ed. 2) 89 Flowers in Prime, or yet lasting... Moly Monspeliens [etc.]. 1682 G. Wheler Journey into Greece i. 7 I should have taken it for a Moly, but that it had no smell. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 55/2 Serpents Moly..the small green leaves twine and crawl, from whence it took its name. 1721 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (ed. 5) II. 231 Moly, or Wild Garlick, is of several Sorts or Kinds, as the Great Moly of Homer, the Indian Moly, the Moly of Hungary, Serpents Moly, the Yellow Moly, Spanish Purple Moly, Spanish Silver-capped Moly, Dioscorides's Moly, the Sweet Moly of Montpelier, &c. 1789 W. Aiton Hortus Kewensis I. 423 Allium magicum..Homer's Garlick, or Moly. 1789 W. Aiton Hortus Kewensis I. 428 Allium Moly..Yellow Garlick, or Moly. 1856 J. H. Newman Callista 99 The stately lily, the royal carnation, the golden moly. 1899 Westm. Gaz. 4 Oct. 2/1 Moly, however, can be identified. It is a common bulb of Southern Europe,..covering the ground with sheets of brilliant yellow. 1955 G. Grigson Englishman's Flora 410 Moly (Allium ursinum was at one time Moly Hippocraticum), Dev, Som. 1991 A. Grossman in Best Amer. Poetry 1990 79 There was an odor in the air like moly crushed. < as lemmas |
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