| 单词 | sea onion |
| 释义 | > as lemmassea onion sea onion n. Urginea (formerly Scilla) maritima, a native of the Mediterranean region, which produces the bulbs called squills; also applied locally to Scilla verna. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Liliaceae family or plants > [noun] > squill or sea-onion onion?a1425 squillc1440 sea onion1526 squilla1526 French onion1548 scilla1629 vernal squill1796 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. xliii. 937 Cepe caninum..is yfounde by þe see syde; þerfore Platearius clepiþ him cepe marina, as it were ‘a see oynoun’.] 1526 Grete Herball ccccxiii. sig. Yiv/1 A squyll or see onyon. 1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. G.i Scilla is named of the Poticaries squilla, in english a sea Onion, and in some places, a french Onyon. 1597 J. Gerard Herball i. 137 The common Squill or sea Onion. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 28 Pushes or suddaine boyles..are cured with the ioyce of asses dung, and of sea-oynions beat to pouder. 1807 J. Robinson Archæol. Græca iii. iv. 211 Drawing round the person purified a squill, or sea-onion. < as lemmas |
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