Selected quad for the lemma: ground_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
ground_n	flower_n	grow_v	leaf_n	3,547	5	9.4026	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08664	The fable of Ouid treting of Narcissus, tra[n]slated out of Latin into Englysh mytre, with a moral there vnto, very pleasante to rede. M.D.LX.	T. H., fl. 1560.; Howell, Thomas, fl. 1568-1581, attributed name.; Hacket, Thomas, fl. 1560-1590, attributed name.; Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D. Metamorphoses. Book 3. English. Selections.	1560 (1560)	STC 18970; ESTC S113867	21,019	36

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