释义 |
ˈeldin dial. Also elgins, eldin-docken. [Of unknown etymology: identified with next by Jamieson, who alleges that the plant was used for fuel.] The Butter-bur (Petasites vulgaris); by Jamieson erroneously said to be Rumex aquaticus.
1562Turner Herbal ii. 83 a, Petasites..is called in Northumbreland an Eldin, in Cambridgeshire a Butterbur. 1808Jamieson Eldin-docken, Roxb.—Elgins, Loth. |