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单词 sleepwort
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sleepwortn.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsleepwort.
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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.
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