Lady's bedstraw
La″dy's bed″straw′ (?), (Bot.) The common bedstraw (Galium verum); also, a slender-leaved East Indian shrub (Pharnaceum Mollugo), with white flowers in umbels.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Lady's bower
La″dy's bow″er (?). (Bot.) A climbing plant with fragrant blossoms (Clematis vitalba).☞ This term is sometimes applied to other plants of the same genus.
Lady's cloth
La″dy's cloth′ (?) A kind of broadcloth of light weight, used for women's dresses, cloaks, etc.
Lady's comb
La″dy's comb″ (?), (Bot.) An umbelliferous plant (Scandix Pecten-Veneris), its clusters of long slender fruits remotely resembling a comb.
Lady's cushion
La″dy's cush″ion (?), (Bot.) An herb growing in dense tufts; the thrift (Armeria vulgaris).
Lady's finger
La″dy's fin″ger (?), 1. pl.(Bot.) The kidney vetch.2. (Cookery) A variety of small cake of about the dimensions of a finger.3. A long, slender variety of the potato.4. (Zoöl.) O...
Lady's garters
La″dy's gar″ters (?). (Bot.) Ribbon grass.
Lady's hair
La″dy's hair″ (?). (Bot.) A plant of the genus Briza (B. media); a variety of quaking grass.
Lady's laces
La″dy's la″ces (lā″sĕz). (Bot.) A slender climbing plant; dodder.
Lady's looking-glass
La″dy's look″ing–glass′ (lo͝ok″ĭng glȧs′). (Bot.) See Venus's looking-glass, under Venus.
Lady's mantle
La″dy's man″tle (măn″t'l). (Bot.) A genus of rosaceous herbs (Alchemilla), esp. the European A. vulgaris, which has leaves with rounded and finely serrated lobes.
Lady's seal
La″dy's seal″ (sēl″). (Bot.) (a) The European Solomon's seal (Polygonatum verticillatum). (b) The black bryony (Tamus communis).
Lady's slipper
La″dy's slip″per (?). (Bot.) Any orchidaceous plant of the genus Cypripedium, the labellum of which resembles a slipper. Less commonly, in the United States, the garden balsam (...
Lady's smock
La″dy's smock″ (?). (Bot.) A plant of the genus Cardamine (C. pratensis); cuckoo flower.
Lady's thimble
La″dy's thim″ble (?). (Bot.) The harebell.
Lady's thumb
La″dy's thumb″ (?). (Bot.) An annual weed (Polygonum Persicaria), having a lanceolate leaf with a dark spot in the middle.
Lady's traces
{ La″dy's tra″ces (?), La″dies' tress″es (?). } (Bot.) A name given to several species of the orchidaceous genus Spiranthes, in which the white flowers are set in spirals about ...
Ladybird
La″dy‐bird′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of small beetles of the genus Coccinella and allied genera (family Coccinellidæ); — called also ladybug, ladyclock, lady c...
Ladybug
La″dy‐bug′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) Same as Ladybird.
Ladyclock
La″dy‐clock′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) See Ladybird.
Ladyfish
La″dy‐fish′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) (a) A large, handsome oceanic fish (Albula vulpes), found both in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans; — called also bonefish, grubber, French mullet, and...
Ladyhood
La″dy‐hood (?), n. The state or quality of being a lady; the personality of a lady.
Ladykin
La″dy‐kin (?), n. [Lady + -kin.] A little lady; — applied by the writers of Queen Elizabeth's time, in the abbreviated form Lakin, to the Virgin Mary.☞ The diminutive does not r...
Ladylike
La″dy‐like′ (?), a. 1. Like a lady in appearance or manners; well-bred.She was ladylike, too, after the manner of the feminine gentility of those days. Hawthorne.2. Becoming or ...
Ladylikeness
La″dy‐like′ness (?), n. The quality or state of being ladylike.
Ladylove
La″dy‐love′ (?), n. A sweetheart or mistress.
Ladyship
La″dy‐ship (?), n. The rank or position of a lady; — given as a title (preceded by her or your).Your ladyship shall observe their gravity. B. Jonson.