| 单词 | meeting seed |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmeeting seed meeting seed n. U.S. colloquial dried aromatic seed (esp. aniseed, caraway, dill, or fennel) such as was formerly chewed at Nonconformist or Dissenting meetings. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > sweets > [noun] > a sweet > caraway-seed sweets caraway1557 carvya1665 caraway-comfit1710 meeting seed1851 1851 Knickerbocker Sept. 372 in R. H. Thornton Amer. Gloss. (1912) 577 Some people call it ‘caraway’ and ‘aniseseed’, but we call it ‘meetin'-seed’, 'cause we cal'late it keeps us awake in meetin'. 1905 E. U. Valentine Hecla Sandwith 25 [He] sat contentedly munching ‘meeting seed’ which Molly Tucker..had given him. 1940 E. Early New Eng. Sampler 319 In old New England gardens there grew three plants called Meetin' Seed—Fennel, Dill, and Caraway. < as lemmas |
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