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culverkey

/ˈkʌlvə(ɹ)ki/

culverkey noun: an English meadow plant, perhaps the columbine or the bluebell squill (Hyacinthoides non-scripta).

Noun

culverkey (plural culverkeys)

  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 garlands1653, 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...

Forms of culverkey

pluralculverkeys

Origin of culverkey

From culver + key?

Questions about culverkey

What does culverkey mean?
Culverkey means an English meadow plant, perhaps the columbine or the bluebell squill (Hyacinthoides non-scripta).
What part of speech is culverkey?
Culverkey is a noun.
How do you pronounce culverkey?
Culverkey is pronounced /ˈkʌlvə(ɹ)ki/.
What is the plural of culverkey?
The plural of culverkey is culverkeys.

Words near culverkey in the dictionary

  1. culverineer
  2. culverineers
  3. culvering
  4. culverings
  5. culverins
  6. culverkey
  7. culverkeys
  8. culvers
  9. culvert
  10. culvertage
  11. culvertail

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