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culverkeys

culverkeys is the plural of culverkey.

Meaning of culverkey

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...

Questions about culverkeys

What is culverkeys the plural of?
Culverkeys is the plural of culverkey.

Words near culverkeys in the dictionary

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

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