| 单词 |
floramour |
| 释义 |
† ˈfloramour Obs. Forms: 6–7 flo(u)ramor(e, flor(e)amour, flower amo(u)r, ? florimer. [a. OF. *flor amour (in Cotgr. fleur d'amour) lit. ‘flower of love’. Cf. Ger. floramor (16th c.). The suggestion that amour is a perversion of amaranthus seems not impossible, but is not supported by evidence.] A name given to various cultivated species of Amaranthus.
1548Turner Names of Herbes (1881) 11 The other kynde [of Amarantus] is called here in Englande..flouramore. 1597Gerarde Herbal ii. xl. 255 In English flower Gentle, purple Veluet flower, Floramor. 1611Cotgr., Fleur d'amour, flower-gentle, flower-amour. 1665–76Ray Flora 178 The great Floramour hath a thick and tall crested stalk, with many reddish large green leaves. ¶ Misused for: Love of flowers.
1873L. Wallace Fair God i. iv. 18 Ministering to the voluptuous floramour of the locality. |
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