Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of polypetalous plants, of the order Ranunculaceæ, tribe Helleboreæ, and subtribe Caltheæ.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun perennial herbs of north temperate regions: globeflowers
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Mattathias Schwartz of GOOD Magazine has a much-linked-to feature in tomorrow's New York Times magazine about trollius dickwadius internetius maximus, a subhuman web-based species better known as the common internet troll.
Boing Boing 2008
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Mr. Hawkins: Has any one had experience in raising trollius?
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The other children adorned themselves as best they could with the yellow flowers of the trollius and caltha.
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The other children adorned themselves as best they could with the yellow flowers of the trollius and caltha.
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The other children adorned themselves as best they could with the yellow flowers of the trollius and caltha.
The Golden Bough James George Frazer 1897
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Globe-flowers (_trollius_); P. lobata, for the wonderful richness of its bright crimson flowers; and P. Whitleji, a very old and very double form of P. edulis, of great size, and most delicate pink and white colour.
The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare Henry Nicholson Ellacombe 1868
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To the left is a little lake, thickly overgrown with reeds and water-lilies, with the yellow trollius for its border.
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The other children adorned themselves as best they could with the yellow flowers of the trollius and caltha.
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