| 单词 | maidener berry |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmaidener (tea) berry = maidenhair n. 3d. Usually attributive, esp. in maidener (tea) berry (cf. maidenhair berry n. at maidenhair n. Compounds 2). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > labiate plant or plants > [noun] > ground-ivy hovec1000 tunhoofc1000 earth ivyOE hayhovec1325 alehoofa1400 mead-rattlea1400 ground-ivyc1400 yardhovec1430 cat's-foot1597 maidenhair1657 maidenhair berry1794 maidener1938 1938 H. MacDermott MacDermott of Fortune Bay 242 The capillaire or maidenhair berry; often called Maiden-a-tea, because it is said that from the leaves of this berry the Micmacs and the early settlers made a tea. 1964 in Dict. Newfoundland Eng. (1982) 320/2 Did you ever see the maidener tea berries? It's white, the shape of an ant's egg and very little larger. 1966 H. Horwood Tomorrow will be Sunday 19 Delicate little maidner tea-berries, greenish-white and hidden securely from prying eyes by glossy leaves tasting faintly of winter-green. 1981 Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. lxviii. 44 Delicate white berries of Gaultheria Hispidula..maidener and maiden-(h)air berries. < as lemmas |
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