Plural-only lexicalized noun phrase; used chiefly as the common name of the plant Arum maculatum, and also for noblemen and noblewomen collectively.
Traductions
seigneurs et damesSens collectif pour désigner des nobles. The lords and ladies of the court gathered in the ballroom.
Les seigneurs et dames de la cour se sont réunis dans la salle de bal.
gouet tachetéNom usuel de la plante Arum maculatum. Lords-and-ladies were growing in the shade of the old wall.
Des gouets tachetés poussaient à l'ombre du vieux mur.
Traductions supplémentaires
arum maculéVariante de dénomination botanique. Définitions
a plant of the arum family, Arum maculatum, with hooded leaves and a purple flower spike Lords-and-ladies were growing in the shade of the old wall.
noblemen and noblewomen collectively; aristocrats The lords and ladies of the court gathered in the ballroom.
Synonymes
Arum maculatum
wild arum
Adam and Eve
cuckoo pint