Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In botany: The ragged-robin, Lyehnis Flos-cuculi.
- noun The buttercup or crowfoot.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A kind of campion; according to Gerarde, the
Lychnis Flos-cuculi .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A kind of
campion .
Etymologies
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crow + flower?
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Examples
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But you must wear pink, my dear; that blue thing as your aunt Glegg gave you turns you into a crowflower.
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But you must wear pink, my dear; that blue thing as your aunt Glegg gave you turns you into a crowflower.
The Mill on the Floss George Eliot 1849
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