Dian's
“bud o'er Cupid's flower,”
A MIDSUMMER-NIGHT'S DREAM, iv. 1.
70.
“Dian's bud is the
bud of the Agnus Castus or Chaste Tree.
Cupid's flower is the Viola tricolor or Love-in-idleness [or pansy or
heart's-ease].”
STEEVENS
.
A General Glossary to Shakespeare's Works. Alexander Dyce. Boston. Dana Estes and Company. 1904.
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