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culverkey en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈkʌlvə(ɹ)ki/

Etymology

From culver + key?

Meanings

1. (obsolete) An English meadow plant, perhaps the columbine or the bluebell squill (Hyacinthoides non-scripta).
   • a girl cropping culverkeys and cowslips, all to make garlands 1653, Iz[aak] Wa[lton], The Compleat Angler or The Contemplative Man’s Recreation. Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing, […], London: […] T. Maxey for Rich[ard] Marriot, […], →OCLC; reprinted as The Compleat Angler (Homo Ludens; 6), Nieuwkoop, South Holland, Netherlands: Miland Publishers, 1969, →ISBN:

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