bow of promise
noun
A rainbow.
- With allusion to Genesis 9:12–17, in which the rainbow is a sign of God's promise not to repeat the Flood..
Origin
Early 19th century.
- purple groundsel
- purple haze
- purple heart
- purple heron
- purple honeysuckle
- purple lake
- purple laver
- purple-leaf plum
- purple lily
- Purpleman
- purple martin
- purple medick
- purple membrane
- purple milk-vetch
- purple mullein
- purpleness
- purple nut grass
- purple osier
- purple passage
- monk bond
- monkdom
- monkery
- monkess
- monkey
- monkey apple