单词 | maltese mushroom |
释义 | > as lemmasMaltese mushroom Maltese mushroom n. a parasitic flowering plant, Cynomorium coccineum (family Cynomoriaceae), once thought peculiar to Malta and Gozo, which was formerly called Fungus melitensis because of its resemblance to a stinkhorn fungus and valued as a styptic. ΚΠ 1805 L. de Boisgelin Anc. & Mod. Malta I. i. iv. 72 The grand-masters had the sole privilege of gathering this plant, named Fungus Melitensis—Maltese Mushroom. 1978 D. J. Mabberley in V. H. Heywood Flowering Plants of World 175/3 It [sc. Cynomorium coccineum] is so unlike flowering plants in its appearance that in medieval times it was known as Fungus melitensis, or Maltese mushroom. < as lemmas |
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