Mary-bud
Mary-bud noun: a marigold or its blossom.
Noun
Mary-bud (plural Mary-buds)
- A marigold or its blossom.
- And winking Mary-buds begin / To ope their golden eyes: / With every thing that pretty is, / My lady sweet, arise.1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...
- The garden lay below me, and the dewy meadows beyond. In the one, bees were busy ruffling the ruddy gillyflowers and April stocks; in the other, the hedge twigs were all frosted with Mary buds, as if Spring had brushed them with the fleece of her wings in passing.1899, Bernard Capes, At a Winter's Fire
Forms of Mary-bud
| plural | Mary-buds |
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Questions about Mary-bud
- What does Mary-bud mean?
- Mary-bud means a marigold or its blossom.
- What part of speech is Mary-bud?
- Mary-bud is a noun.
- What is the plural of Mary-bud?
- The plural of Mary-bud is Mary-buds.
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