资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Prince \Prince\, n. [F., from L. princeps, -cipis, the first,
   chief; primus first + capere to take. See {Prime}, a., and
   {Capacious}.]
   1. The one of highest rank; one holding the highest place and
      authority; a sovereign; a monarch; -- originally applied
      to either sex, but now rarely applied to a female.
      --Wyclif (Rev. i. 5).

            Go, Michael, of celestial armies prince. --Milton.

            Queen Elizabeth, a prince admirable above her sex.
                                                  --Camden.

   2. The son of a king or emperor, or the issue of a royal
      family; as, princes of the blood. --Shak.

   3. A title belonging to persons of high rank, differing in
      different countries. In England it belongs to dukes,
      marquises, and earls, but is given to members of the royal
      family only. In Italy a prince is inferior to a duke as a
      member of a particular order of nobility; in Spain he is
      always one of the royal family.

   4. The chief of any body of men; one at the head of a class
      or profession; one who is pre["e]minent; as, a merchant
      prince; a prince of players. ``The prince of learning.''
      --Peacham.

   {Prince-Albert coat}, a long double-breasted frock coat for
      men.

   {Prince of the blood}, {Prince consort}, {Prince of
   darkness}. See under {Blood}, {Consort}, and {Darkness}.

   {Prince of Wales}, the oldest son of the English sovereign.
      

   {Prince's feather} (Bot.), a name given to two annual herbs
      ({Amarantus caudatus} and {Polygonum orientale}), with
      apetalous reddish flowers arranged in long recurved
      panicled spikes.

   {Prince's metal}, {Prince Rupert's metal}. See under {Metal}.

   {Prince's pine}. (Bot.) See {Pipsissewa}.

Ragged \Rag"ged\, a. [From {Rag}, n.]
   1. Rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken;
      as, a ragged coat; a ragged sail.

   2. Broken with rough edges; having jags; uneven; rough;
      jagged; as, ragged rocks.

   3. Hence, harsh and disagreeable to the ear; dissonant. [R.]
      ``A ragged noise of mirth.'' --Herbert.

   4. Wearing tattered clothes; as, a ragged fellow.

   5. Rough; shaggy; rugged.

            What shepherd owns those ragged sheep ? --Dryden.

   {Ragged lady} (Bot.), the fennel flower ({Nigella
      Damascena}).

   {Ragged robin} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Lychnis} ({L.
      Flos-cuculi}), cultivated for its handsome flowers, which
      have the petals cut into narrow lobes.

   {Ragged sailor} (Bot.), prince's feather ({Polygonum
      orientale}).

   {Ragged school}, a free school for poor children, where they
      are taught and in part fed; -- a name given at first
      because they came in their common clothing. [Eng.] --
      {Rag"ged*ly}, adv. -- {Rag"ged*ness}, n.

资料来源 : WordNet®

Polygonum orientale
     n : annual with broadly ovate leaves and slender drooping spikes
         of crimson flowers; southeastern Asia and Australia;
         naturalized in North America [syn: {prince's-feather}, {princess
         feather}, {kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate}, {prince's-plume}]