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Culverkey

Culverkey \Cul"ver*key`\ (-k?`), n.

  1. A bunch of the keys or samaras of the ash tree.
    --Wright.

  2. An English meadow plant, perhaps the columbine or the bluebell squill ( Scilla nutans). [Obs.]

    A girl cropping culverkeys and cowslips to make garlands.
    --Walton.

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culverkey

n. 1 (context obsolete English) A bunch of the keys or samaras of the ash tree. 2 (context obsolete English) An English meadow plant, perhaps the columbine or the bluebell squill ((taxlink Hyacinthoides non-scripta species noshow=1)).