| 单词 | heart of the earth |
| 释义 | > as lemmasheart of the earth heart of the earth n. originally Scottish the plant self-heal, Prunella vulgaris (cf. heartwort n. 1). ΚΠ 1853 G. Johnston Terra Lindisfarnensis I. 164 Prunella vulgaris... In the Merse called Heart-o-the-Yearth and Prince's-Feathers. 1880 J. Britten & R. Holland Dict. Eng. Plant-names 249 Heart of the Earth. Prunella vulgaris, L.—E. Bord. Bot. E. Bord.; Roxburghsh[ire]. Because it chiefly occurs on thin poor soils, where the farmers give it the credit of eating away all the substance of the soil. 1913 M. Eastman Enjoyment Poetry ii. 32 Names bestowed in living syllables by the hearts of rural people... Trailing Arbutus, Bouncing Bet,..Heart-o'-the-earth. 2006 Nelson (Brit. Columbia) Daily News (Nexis) 11 Oct. 2 Pretty blue flowers..crown a flat, creeping plant with the square stems common to the mint family. Known by various folk names, Heart of the Earth, Self-Heal, All-Heal, [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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