Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—M

Marybuds

The flower of the marigold (q.v.). Like many other flowers, they open at daybreak and close at sunset.

And winking marybuds begin
To ope their golden eyes.

Shakespeare: Cymbeline, ii. 3.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
Marygold
Mary Queen of Scots
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