| 单词 | red whortleberry |
| 释义 | > as lemmasred whortleberry red whortleberry n. the cowberry, Vaccinium vitis-idaea (family Ericaceae), a moorland shrub related to the bilberry, V. myrtillus, but with red fruits; (also) the edible fruit of this plant. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tree or plant producing edible berries > cow-berry bush red whorts1578 red whortleberry1597 red bilberry1652 cow-berry1800 1597 J. Gerard Herball iii. 1232 The red Whortle berries haue their name from the blacke Whortles, to which they be in forme very like. 1764 Ann. Reg., Char. 9 The hair..is dyed with the juice of the red wortleberry. 1857 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. III. 354 Red Whortleberry, Cowberry... This is a low, somewhat straggling shrub. 1992 Blue Wings Aug. 53/1 An economical all-purpose berry is the cowberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea; also called ‘lingonberry’ or ‘red whortleberry’). It grows so profusely in Finland that it is sometimes nicknamed ‘the red gold of the forest’. red whortleberry red whortleberry n. V. Vitis-Idæa.extracted from whortleberryn.< as lemmas |
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