| 单词 | jack-jump-about |
| 释义 | > as lemmasjack-jump-about jack-jump-about n. †(a) a poisonous hedgerow plant (not identified) (obsolete rare); (b) wild angelica, Angelica sylvestris (rare); †(c) ground elder, Aegopodium podagraria (obsolete rare).Sense (c) is apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1750 W. Ellis Country Housewife's Family Compan. 150 A poor Woman..gathered a Herb that grew in a Hedge, called Jack-jump-about, for boiling it with a Piece of Meat... One child died of it. 1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words I. 353 Jack-jump-about. Angelica sylvestris... In some parts of the county the gout-weed, Ægopodium podagraria, bears the name. 1996 Chiltern Seeds Catal. 18 Wild Angelica, Jack-Jump-About, Water Squirt and many more. A fairly common native wild flower found in damp places in woods and meadows with purplish stems and umbels. < as lemmas |
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