单词 | chocolate root |
释义 | > as lemmaschocolate root chocolate root n. U.S. (now rare) †(a) a North American saxifrage, Saxifraga pensylvanica (obsolete rare); (b) (also more fully Indian chocolate root) water avens, Geum rivale, the root of which smells of chocolate and was used to make a medicinal drink; also called Indian chocolate. ΚΠ 1814 B. S. Barton Elements Bot. (new ed.) II. 49 Saxifragra Pennsylvanica [sic], called Chocolate-root; and Saxifraga Virginiensis..are both early flowering plants. 1901 Rhodora 3 130 Geum rivale. The plant is called chocolate-root, and the root when boiled makes a drink like chocolate. 2005 J. Seidemann World Spice Plants 166/1 Geum rivale L... Indian chocolate root, purple avens, water avens. < as lemmas |
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