单词 | rattlewort |
释义 | > as lemmasrattlewort rattlewort n. †(a) (perhaps) a plant of the genus Rhinanthus (cf. sense 1) (obsolete); (b) chiefly Caribbean (now rare) any of various plants of the genus Crotalaria (cf. rattlebox n. 2a). ΚΠ OE Brussels Gloss. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 301 Hierobotanum, hrætelwyrt. 1770 C. Milne Bot. Dict. Crotalaria, Rattle-wort. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 961/1 Rattlewort, Crotalaria. 1970 E. T. Robertson & E. G. B. Gooding Bot. for Caribbean (ed. 2) xxiii. 173 In Jamaica the members of the genus Crotalaria are known as ‘Rattleworts’. < as lemmas |
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