figurative. In English nursery tradition: a parsley-bed as the pretended place where (esp. girl) babies come from. Hence in extended use: the uterus…
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| 释义 | the world > life > source or principle of life > birth > confinement > [noun] > childbirth or delivery > supposed origin of babies (2) parsley-bed1622 figurative. In English nursery tradition: a parsley-bed as the pretended place where (esp. girl) babies come from. Hence in extended use: the uterus… gooseberry bush1944 used allusively in reference to the explanation of child-birth sometimes given in answer to a child's question. |
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