单词 | sleepwort |
释义 | sleepwortn. Obsolete or dialect. (See quots.) ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > leaf vegetables > lettuce sleepworta1300 lettucec1300 a1300 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 558/27 Lactuca,..slepwurt. 1597 J. Gerard Herball App. Sleepworte is Lettuce. 1863 R. C. A. Prior On Pop. Names Brit. Plants Sleepwort, from its narcotic properties, Lactuca sativa.] 1881 Hardwicke's Sci.-gossip 17 278 Pinguicula vulgaris, ‘Sleepweed’ or ‘Sleepwort’; co. Antrim. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.a1300 |
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