pheasant's eye

British  

noun

1. an annual ranunculaceous plant, Adonis annua (or autumnalis ), with scarlet flowers and finely divided leaves: native to S Europe but naturalized elsewhere

2. a type of narcissus, Narcissus poeticus, that has white petals and a small red-ringed cup

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Example Sentences

ADONIS, a genus of plants belonging to the natural order Ranunculaceae, known commonly by the nomes of pheasant's eye and Flos Adonis.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

"See, Walter," said Molly, "here is a narcissus—a pheasant's eye: tell me the thought that is better than this thing!"

From Home Again by MacDonald, George

Women headed the procession—the younger ones dressed in white, with veils and chaplets of roses, blue cornflower, and pheasant’s eye Narcissus, while the older women were more soberly attired. 

From Erewhon Revisited by Butler, Samuel

Venus also loved a beautiful young earthly youth, called Adonis, who died of a thrust from a wild boar’s tusk, while his blood stained crimson the pretty flower, pheasant’s eye, which is still called Adonis. 

From Aunt Charlotte's Stories of Greek History by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

Here on the very edge of the foreshore, blown by some chance wind behind a stone and wonderfully preserved there, Sholto found a child's chain of woodbine entwined with daisies and autumnal pheasant's eye.

From The Black Douglas by Richards, Frank