ragged robin

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von ragged robin im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

A type of wild campion, Lychnis flos-cuculi, in the family Caryophyllaceae, which grows across Europe and has pink flowers

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.

A European perennial plant (Lychnis flos-cuculi) having opposite clasping leaves and panicles of reddish or white flowers with deeply lobed petals. Also called cuckooflower

common perennial native to Europe and western Asia having usually pink flowers with ragged petals

Silbentrennung

rag·ged Rob·in

Türkische aussprache

rägıd räbın

Aussprache

/ˈragəd ˈräbən/ /ˈræɡəd ˈrɑːbən/

Etymologie

() From ragged + robin, probably because of the untidy appearance of its petals.