| 单词 | paintroot |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspaintroot paintroot n. the Carolina redroot, Lachnanthes caroliniana (formerly L. tinctoria), the rhizome and roots of which have been used as the source of a red dye. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Liliaceae family or plants > [noun] > other plants one-blade1578 one-leaf1578 spiderwort1597 star of Bethlehem1629 ague-grass1687 unifoil1688 redroot1709 bellwort1785 eucomisc1804 uvularia1836 paintroot1853 twisted stalk1856 Barbados onion1866 fly-poison1866 shepherd's joy1884 onion weed1909 mondo1956 1853 Sci. Amer. 25 June 321/1 Florida paint root... The root colors the flesh, bones, and marrow, of hogs that feed upon it. 1931 M. Grieve Mod. Herbal II. 461/1 Lachnanthes... The rhizome..bears a large number of long, coarse, somewhat waxy, deep-red roots, yielding a red dye, to which its popular names of Paintroot and Redroot are due. 1972 Amer. Midland Naturalist 87 450 A slightly higher zone which is intermediate between prairie habitat and swamp woodland... Paintroot (Lachnanthes tinctoria) commonly occurs in this zone. < as lemmas |
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