| 单词 | gold of pleasure |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgold of pleasure P3. gold of pleasure: the Eurasian plant Camelina sativa (family Brassicaceae), having yellowish-white flowers and producing yellow seeds used a source of oil; cf. cameline n.2 ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Cruciferae (crucifers) > [noun] > gold of pleasure cameline1578 myagrum1578 gold of pleasure1597 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 214 Golde of pleasure..is called properly Myagrum. 1657 W. Coles Adam in Eden ccliv. sig. Bbbb The word Myagrum signifies as much as Muscipulum, sive Muscarium, and is attributed to gold of Pleasure, because the seed being oily, hath such an emplastick, or clammy quality therein, that it arresteth the Flies that settle thereon. 1882 G. Allen Colours of Flowers ii. 43 The most primitive and simple forms have yellow flowers, as in the case of..the gold-of-pleasure (Camelina sativa). 2015 F. G. Jewett in V. M. V. Cruz & D. A. Dierig Industr. Crops viii. 157 Camelina sativa, or ‘gold of pleasure’, belongs to the Brassicaceae family and has been cultivated in Europe as an oilseed since the Bronze Age. < as lemmas |
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