n. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. 'anqolo`gos flower gathering; 'a`nqos flower + le`gein to gather. ] 1. A discourse on flowers. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
2. A collection of flowers; a garland. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
3. A collection of flowers of literature, that is, beautiful passages from authors; a collection of poems or epigrams; -- particularly applied to a collection of ancient Greek epigrams. [ 1913 Webster ]
4. (Gr. Ch.) A service book containing a selection of pieces for the festival services. [ 1913 Webster ]
[白香词谱 / 白香詞譜, Bái xiāng cí pǔ, ㄅㄞˊ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄘˊ ㄆㄨˇ]Anthology of ci poems tunes (1795), edited by Xu Menglan 舒夢蘭|舒梦兰, with 100 accessible poems from Tang through to Qing times[Add to Longdo]