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单词 olorina
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olorinan.

Forms: 1700s olorina; Scottish pre-1700 olorine.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin olorina.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin olorina (1578 in the passage translated in quot. 1596), of uncertain origin; perhaps alteration of post-classical Latin holorum , occurring in a similar passage in Boece (see olour n., quot. c1540 and etymological note at that entry).Quot. 1796 also renders the passage translated in quot. 1596).
Obsolete. rare.
= olour n.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > aquatic, marsh, and sea-shore plants > [noun] > unspecified or unidentified plants
bildersc1425
bladdera1500
olourc1540
bellrags1548
laver1562
sion1562
olorina1596
water wall1607
strumblowes1624
sea-ear1668
sea-berry1711
sea-froth1725
slawk1824
flannel-weed1893
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 45 Moray hes a freshe water loch called Spynie, that mekle abundes in Swanis, in quhilke loch is a certane herb verie rare and sindle to be found, in quhilke because the Swan hes sa gret delyte, we cal the herbe olorine (because the swan in latin is olor) [1578 28: Herba quædam rara..qua quòd olores impensè delectantur, Olorinam eam dicimus].
1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 150 The Loch of Spinie, near Elgin, is remarkable for its number of swans and cygnets..owing, as some think, to the plant olorina, which grows in its waters, with a straight stalk and a cluster of seeds at the top.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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