Culverkey

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Culverkey \Cul"ver*key`\ (-k?`), n.
     1. A bunch of the keys or samaras of the ash tree. --Wright.
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     2. An English meadow plant, perhaps the columbine or the
        bluebell squill ({Scilla nutans}). [Obs.]


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              A girl cropping culverkeys and cowslips to make
              garlands.                             --Walton.
        [1913 Webster] Culver's physic