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PRONUNCIATION OF RAGGED ROBIN

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RAGGED ROBIN

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Ragged robin is a noun.
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WHAT DOES RAGGED ROBIN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

ragged robin

Lychnis flos-cuculi

Lychnis flos-cuculi, commonly called Ragged Robin, is a herbaceous perennial plant in the family Caryophyllaceae. It is species is native to Europe, where it is found along roads and in wet meadows and pastures. In Britain it has declined in numbers because of modern farming techniques and draining of wet-lands and is no longer common. However, Lychnis flos-cuculi has become naturalized in parts of the northern United States and eastern Canada and has been listed as potentially invasive in some areas.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RAGGED ROBIN

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WORDS THAT END LIKE RAGGED ROBIN

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Synonyms and antonyms of ragged robin in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «ragged robin» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RAGGED ROBIN

Find out the translation of ragged robin to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
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Translator English - Chinese

衣衫褴褛的罗宾
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

robin desigual
570 millions of speakers

English

ragged robin
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

प्रचंड रॉबिन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

روبن خشنة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

дрема
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

robin irregular
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জঘন্য রবিন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ragged robin
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Robin yang kasar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kuckucks-Lichtnelke
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ぼろぼろのロビン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

비정형 로빈
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ragged robin
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

robin rách rưới
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

துண்டிக்கப்பட்ட ராபின்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

खडबडीत रॉबिन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Parçalanmış robin
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

robin ragged
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

obdarty robin
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дрімота
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

robin zdrențuită
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ragged robin
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

koekoeksbloem
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

ragged robin
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fillete robin
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ragged robin

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RAGGED ROBIN»

The term «ragged robin» is normally little used and occupies the 140.722 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RAGGED ROBIN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ragged robin

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RAGGED ROBIN»

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The Outlook
THE WEEK AT THE PLAY "RAGGED ROBIN" Le CHEMINEAU, or “ Ragged Robin " in Mr. Parker's version at Her Majesty's, is the perennial tinker, melancholy and merry. He has come into the Dorsetshire fields to rest for a while among ...
‎1898
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Dictionary of Plant Lore
RAGGED ROBIN (Lychnisflos-cuculi) Surprisingly, in view of the relatively large number of local names, Ragged Robin has virtually no associations in folklore or folk medicine. “Ragged” in the common name refers to the typically tattered ...
D.C. Watts, 2007
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Common to this Country: Botanical Discoveries of Lewis and Clark
Ragged Robin CLARKIA PULCHELLA ON MAY 14 THE EXPLORERS arrived at a spot on the edge of the Clearwater River in present-day Idaho that has come to be known as Camp Chopunnish, for the name by which they referred to the Nez ...
Susan H. Munger, 2003
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Hildegarde's Holiday a Story for Girls
I think I have never loved any other flower quite so much as Ragged Robin, since then. It is the only one I miss here. Do you want to hear the little rhyme I made about it, when I was old enough?" Hildegarde answered by sitting down on the ...
Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards, 2010
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The Universal Botanist and Nurseryman
Meadow Pinks, Wild Williams, Curtow-flowtr or Ragged Robin. 2. Fl- plenus. 13. eadem, store pleno. Double Ragged Robin. %.Fl.albus. i^. eadem, store al bo. IWtte Ragged Robin. 4. Fl. albusple- 15. eadem, store pleno albo. Double White ...
Richard Weston, 1772
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Flowers Shown to the Children:
You will easily knowthe Ragged Robin by these pink petals. The sepals are joined together into a cup which is cut into teeth all round themouth. They aredark green tinged with red,and have many purple veins running from topto bottom.
Janet Harvey Kelman, 2014
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Field Guide to Wild Flowers of Britain and Europe
Distribution: Ragged Robin grows in damp, nutrient-rich meadows and on flat moorland. It is often found on high ground and will cover bare soii. Other: Ragged Robin is often covered in 'cu produced by the larvae of the Spittle Bug; not thought ...
Michael Eppinger, 2006
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Surreal-ism
For 'bachelors buttons' is what young people did call the Ragged-robin. To pick the flowers, young girls with apron's tied, did name each flower with that of every boy within the village. Then after procuring a flower from their aprons, that was ...
Paul Cox, 2009
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Five Little Peppers and Their Friends
Margaret Sidney. she would go entirely off from her chair, and he didn't want to see it, it would be so disgraceful at a Parrott table. "That?" Miss Parrott, too, leaned over on her chair. "Oh – why, that's a ragged robin, Rachel." "Ragged robin!
Margaret Sidney, 2010
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Our Sentence Is Up: Seeing Grant Morrison's the Invisibles
It was a very nice time, these fabulous young girls from New York or from L.A., who sort of saw themselves as Ragged Robin and who identified with the character. And I would get pictures of these girls, dressed up with the makeup and stuff, ...
Patrick Meaney, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RAGGED ROBIN»

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Back to church for folk songwriting legend
As well as leading his own group, Ragged Robin, he has been accompanied in concert by Fairport Convention and overseen a project to produce orchestral ... «Wigan Today, Jul 15»
2
Hooray for heatwaves!
... quivering just as Nabokov described, drawing nectar from thistles (they love pink flowers such as ragged robin) and milk parsley in a water-meadow by Toad ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
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100 years ago: Summer flowers rapidly appearing
In a willow-grown marsh, easier than usual to walk through just now, I found the ragged robin abundantly in flower. With its pale pink and untidy, straggling ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
4
Try planting the unusual almost thornless green rose
These roses liked the sun we have for them and their vivid color reminds us of the old ragged robin roses that, along with the palm trees, marked the early groves ... «Redlands Daily Facts, Jun 15»
5
May 1 concert to benefit Grange in Farmington
... from the Grange. The musical evening will begin with a set by Ragged Robin with Ruth Hill, local singer sing-writer, joined by Wendy Oakley and Washburn. «Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel, Apr 15»
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Nearby wild - how I turned my lawn into a mini-meadow
The only flowers not to have germinated from the pack to date are Meadow Cranesbill, Meadow Vetchling, Ragged Robin and Yarrow. But, Hedge Bedstraw with ... «The Ecologist, Apr 15»
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Top five wildflowers in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern …
A wild flower with a rakish charm, ragged Robin's dishevelled beauty enlivens many a damp meadow. The Latin name flos-cuculi comes from flos (flower) and ... «Express.co.uk, Apr 15»
8
The strange round towers of East Anglia
It stands through a wooden gate from a quiet lane, and south of the marsh-marigold and ragged robin of Church Farm reserve, run by the Suffolk Wildlife Trust. «Telegraph.co.uk, Dec 14»
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RIVERSIDE: Famed Streeter Tea House on the market for $699900
The site, laden with 24 citrus, pomegranate, mulberry, loquat and fig trees, has a long driveway lined with Ragged Robin rosebushes. That variety of rose, ... «Press-Enterprise, Sep 14»
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Is Cornwall really a foreign country?
... a 10-minute walk through wild flowers – pink ragged robin, yellow gorse, white umbels of cow-parsley and the burning blue bluebells among sharp brambles. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 14»

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