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.”

Shakespeae: Cymbeline, ii. 3.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.