| 单词 | frog-wort |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfrog-wort frog-wort n. (a) any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus; cf. crowfoot n. 1; †(b) an orchid (obsolete rare). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Ranunculaceae (crowfoot and allies) > [noun] > other plants of the Ranunculaceae aconitum1551 frog-wort1562 fair maid of France1823 starve-acre1855 mountain lily1880 trollius1899 1562 W. Bullein Bk. Simples f. 44v, in Bulwarke of Defence Thys herbe is called Ranunculus, or Frogworte. 1662 J. Chandler tr. J. B. van Helmont Oriatrike lx.477 Other things do thereupon lay aside their corrosion; as the juyce of Citron, Scarrewort, Frogwort, Water-Pepper, &c. 1728 R. Bradley Dict. Botanicum Ranunculus, in English, Frogwort, but more commonly Crowfoot. a1824 B. Holdich Ess. Weeds Agric. (1825) 65 Man-orchis, Red-lead and Frogwort are the only English names we have heard given to these weeds in damp pastures. 1835 G. T. Burnett Outl. Bot. II. 837 The frog-wort or crowfoot (Ranunculus), and its allies, are herbaceous, very seldom shrubby plants. 1932 Sci. Monthly Apr. 375/1 Frog flower and frog-wort, common names for the buttercup. < as lemmas |
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