ragged robin en · NOUN
Etymology
From ragged + robin, probably because of the untidy appearance of its petals.
Meanings
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(UK) A type of wild campion (Silene flos-cuculi, syn. Lychnis flos-cuculi), in the family Caryophyllaceae, which grows across Europe and has pink flowers.
Paul came back and threaded daisies in her jet black hair, big spangles of white and yellow, and just a pink touch of ragged robbin.
1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “chapter 6”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC:He had a suit of summer mufti, and a broad-brimmed blue beaver hat looped with leaves broken from the hedgerows in the lanes, and a Leander scarf tucked full of flowers: loosestrife, meadowrue, orchis, ragged-robin.
1919,Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 91
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ragged-robin | alternative | lexicographic | |
| ragged robins | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| ragged robbin | alternative | lexicographic |
Translations (5)
de Kuckucksblume (Translations) · kw blejen an vran (Translations) · bg свиларка (Translations) · fr œillet des prés (Translations) · de Kuckuckslichtnelke (Translations)