| 单词 | arabian mustard |
| 释义 | > as lemmasArabian mustard Arabian mustard n. now historical and rare any of several plants of the family Brassicaceae ( Cruciferae), with seeds formerly used as a condiment; esp. hoary cress, Lepidium draba.In quot. 1714 probably: a whitlow-grass, Draba nemorosa. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Cruciferae (crucifers) > [noun] > brassica plants wortc1325 colewortc1380 Arabian mustard1640 Indian mustard1731 aethionema1812 brassica1832 popweed1887 1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum xviii. 849 Draba vulgaris... The more common or knowne Arabian Mustard. 1714 J. Petiver in Philos. Trans. 1713 (Royal Soc.) 28 200 Yellow Arabian Mustard... Draba lutea. 1747 Bradley's Dict. Plants II Arabian Mustard, in Latin, Draba sive Arabis. 1863 R. Hogg & G. W. Johnson Wild Flowers Great Brit. II. Pl. 208 Our old herbalists called it [sc. Lepidium draba] Turkey Cresses and Arabian Mustard. 1958 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 48 109 ‘Arabian mustard, Cardaria (or Lepidium) Draba’ the seed of which was used in place of pepper. < as lemmas |
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