culverkey

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/ˈkʌlvə(ɹ)ki/

noun

An English meadow plant, perhaps the columbine or the bluebell squill (Hyacinthoides non-scripta).

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Meanings

nounculverkey (plural culverkeys)

plural culverkeys

  1. obsoleteAn English meadow plant, perhaps the columbine or the bluebell squill (Hyacinthoides non-scripta).

    a girl cropping culverkeys and cowslips, all to make garlands

    1653, 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 Compleat Angler (Homo Ludens; 6), Nieuwkoop, South Holland, Netherlands: Miland Publishers, 1969, →ISBN

Origin

From culver + key?

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APA

culverkey. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/culverkey

MLA

“culverkey.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/culverkey. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “culverkey,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/culverkey.

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